Zbigniew Żakiewicz (1932–2010), polski pisarz, publicysta, rusycysta i historyk literatury rosyjskiej Brzezinski's personal views have been described as "progressive", "international", [7] political liberal, and strongly anti-communist. [4] He was an advocate for anti-Soviet containment, for human rights organizations, and for "cultivating a strong West". [7] He has been praised for his ability to see "the big picture". Critics described him as hawkish or a "foreign policy hardliner" on some issues, such as Poland–Russia relations. [9]

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Ksyk-Gąsiorowska P., Zbigniew, [w:] Szczur S., Ożóg K. (red.), Piastowie. Leksykon biograficzny, Kraków 1999, ISBN 83-08-02829-2. The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership. New York: Basic Books, 2004. ISBN 978-0465008001. a b c d e f Kepel, Gilles (2006). Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam. I.B. Tauris. pp.138–139, 142–144. ISBN 978-1-84511-257-8. a b Piotr Pietrzak (January 12, 2023). The Brzezinski Doctrine And NATO’s Response To Russia’s Assault On Ukraine. Modern Diplomacy. https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/01/12/the-brzezinski-doctrine-and-natos-response-to-russias-assault-on-ukraine/ P.Ksyk-Gąsiorowska: Zbigniew, [w:] S. Szczur, K. Ożóg (red.), Piastowie. Leksykon biograficzny.s.75.

Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski (1917–2018), Polish aviator, officer of the Home Army, Brigadier General of the Polish Army Luce, Edward (January 13, 2012). "Lunch with the FT: Zbigniew Brzezinski". Financial Times . Retrieved November 16, 2020.For the 1968 U.S. presidential campaign, Brzezinski was chairman of the Humphrey's Foreign Policy Task Force. Political Power: USA/USSR, with Samuel Huntington. New York: Viking Press (April 1963). ISBN 0670563188. As a scholar, he developed his thoughts over the years, fashioning fundamental theories on international relations and geostrategy. During the 1950s he worked on the theory of totalitarianism. His thought in the 1960s focused on wider Western understanding of disunity in the Soviet Bloc, as well as developing the thesis of intensified degeneration of the Soviet Union. During the 1970s he proposed that the Soviet system was incapable of evolving beyond the industrial phase into the "technetronic" age.

Zbigniew został zrównany z prawnym stanowiskiem wielmożów polskich. K.Maleczyński: Bolesław III Krzywousty.s.65. Events in Czechoslovakia further reinforced Brzezinski's criticisms of the right's aggressive stance toward Eastern European governments. His service to the Johnson administration, and his fact-finding trip to Vietnam, made him an enemy of the New Left. Polityk wspominał pewne zabawne wydarzenie z tamtego czasu, gdy wszedł spóźniony do klasy. Nauczycielka zapytała wówczas, gdzie ma swój tornister, a zmieszany Rau odpowiedział, że powiesił go w szatni. Jak mówił po latach, salwa śmiechu jego klasowych kolegów trwała ponad 10 minut. Brzezinski "denied reports that he encouraged China to support the genocidal dictator Pol Pot in Cambodia, because Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge were the enemies of communist Vietnam." [70] However, following the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia which toppled the Khmer Rouge, Brzezinski prevailed in having the administration refuse to recognize the new Cambodian government due to its support by the Soviet Union. [71]Z.Dalewski: Rytuał i polityka. Opowieść Galla Anonima o konflikcie Bolesława Krzywoustego ze Zbigniewem.s.145. Porównaj [z]: K.Maleczyński: Bolesław III Krzywousty.s.76–77. Zbigniew Romaszewski (1940–2014), Polish conservative politician, senator, and human rights activist Z.Dalewski: Rytuał i polityka. Opowieść Galla Anonima o konflikcie Bolesława Krzywoustego ze Zbigniewem.s.38. America and the World: Conversations on the Future of American Foreign Policy. New York: Basic Books, 2008. ISBN 978-0465015016. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume I, Foundations of Foreign Policy – Office of the Historian". history.state.gov . Retrieved November 21, 2021.

Political Control in the Soviet Army: A Study on Reports by Former Soviet Officers. Studies on the USSR, no. 6. New York: Research Program on the USSR (1954). OCLC 1743232. Peaceful Engagement in Eastern Europe", with William Griffith. Foreign Affairs, vol. 39, no. 4 (Spring 1961), p.647. doi: 10.2307/20029518. JSTOR 20029518. Gerard G. Labuda Gerard G., Korona i infuła. Od monarchii do poliarchii, Kraków: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, 1996, ISBN 83-03-03659-9, OCLC 233502954 . brak strony (książka) Alternative to Partition: For a Broader Conception of America's Role in Europe. Atlantic Policy Studies, New York: McGraw-Hill (1965). Za czasów Ziobry nie byłem przesłuchiwany w tej sprawie ani razu – mówi były premier Leszek Miller. – Dopiero za rządu Donalda Tuska zostałem wezwany na przesłuchanie w Warszawie, a później w Krakowie, ale odmówiłem składania zeznań – wspomina.

Zbigniew Kabata (1924–2014), Polish parasitologist, World War II veteran, poet, fisherman, translator and scientific administrator