Even given that this is an obituary for a man who has just died, this is an incredibly insipid summary of the life of a man who did so much to prevent a smooth entry of Russia into the Western sphere and to promote the growth of Islamic jihadism as a global threat. Former Canadian DND analyst Patrick Armstrong provided a far superior, largely negative, evaluation of Brzezinski’s impact:
https://gosint.wordpress.com/2017/06/02/zbigniew-brzezinski-an-exceptional-failure-all-round/