euronews interview - Brzezinski: Europe needs forward-looking leaders

www.euronews.com He is one of the most respected and influential foreign policy veterans in Washington: Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security adviser under President Jimmy Carter. Brzezinski was one of the earliest establishment supporters of the then-Senator Barack Obama for president. In an exclusive interview with euronews, Brzezinski praises Obama's new foreign policy team and urges Europe, America's number one ally, to provide more evocative forward-looking leadership. *Stefan Grobe, euronews Washington correspondent:* Dr. Brzezinski, Barack Obama picked two former Senate colleagues of his to run the State and Defense departments, John Kerry and Chuck Hagel. Both men draw heavily on Vietnam War experience. Is that a mere coincidence or is there a particular Obama message behind these nominations? *Zbigniew Brzezinski:* Oh, it's a little bit of both. I don't think it's designed, particularly, to convey in some fashion the importance of the lessons to be drawn from Vietnam, but on the other hand it certainly was a major episode in America's adventure on the global scale. And in that sense both of them distinguish themselves and both, probably, are wise enough to draw some wider lessons from it. *euronews:* Do we have something like an Obama doctrine, yet? *Brzezinski:* We have an Obama doctrine, but I have often said - and at some political risk to myself -- we have an Obama doctrine, we don't have an Obama strategy. I think these two guys can provide the strategy for <b>...</b>
Author: Euronews
Duration: 9:01



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