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On December 2, 2010 at 17.30 the Institute of World Policy organized a videoconference with Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, American political scientist and statesman, who served as United States National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981 and is now a scholar at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.Dr. Brzezinski discussed issues of the democratic development of Ukraine and current problems of international relations with Ukrainian experts and journalists. {8}
American political scientist positively assessed perspectives of democracy-building in Ukraine, although he pointed out that Ukraine wasted its historical chance for dynamic European integration and democratic transit. {1}
“That did much harm to national interest, but I am still positive when Ukrainian future is concerned”, he said and added: “Almost 20 years Ukraine has been demonstrating its devotion to democracy, that’s why its development as a democratic, modern European state is beyond any doubt”. He underlined that democracy in Ukraine can not be promoted by external forces, there is an extremal need of internal political will and social support. {3}{5}

Answering the questions by Ukrainian experts Dr. Brzezinski claimed the further normalization of the USA – Russia relations is needed, to make international politics more stable. {9}
He argued that Russia can not play a formative role in European security, saying that Russia is deeply concerned with internal problems and is not sure about its foreign policy goals, except its nostalgia on imperial past and aspirations to get advantage from modernization and westernization. {2}

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