The Foreign Policy Institute (FPI) at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is pleased to present a video interview with Charles Gati, Senior Research Professor of European and Eurasian Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS, in conversation with James Mann, FPI Senior Fellow, on the life and legacy of Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-2017), former National Security Adviser to President Jimmy Carter.

Zbigniew Brzezinski, or "ZBig" as he was familiarly called, was also a distinguished professor of American Foreign Policy at Johns Hopkins SAIS and an FPI Senior Fellow. While at Johns Hopkins SAIS, Professor Brzezinski hosted a bi-weekly seminar series entitled "Current Issues," which gathered select groups of scholars, policymakers, and journalists to discuss pressing issues of international concern. 

Professor Brzezinski also delivered an annual lecture that always drew audiences numbering in the hundreds. He is remembered at Johns Hopkins SAIS not only for his legacy as a leading statesman, strategic thinker, and scholar but also as an extraordinary teacher who was dedicated to educating the next generation of leaders in world affairs.