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Ambassador Mark Brzezinski: The U.S., Poland and the Heart of Europe

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In 1991–93, Mark Brzezinski was a Fulbright Scholar in newly post-communist Poland. Thirty years later he returns as the U.S. ambassador to Poland, a country now embedded in the EU and NATO, and an ally deeply involved in providing support for Ukraine following Russia’s invasion of that country.

Join us for an in-depth conversation with Ambassador Brzezinski about Poland, Vladimir Putin, Ukraine, Germany, the European Union and more.

Mark Brzezinski has worked in the private sector and in government positions. He previously was U.S. ambassador to Sweden, served on President Clinton’s National Security Council staff, worked in the law and capital management industries. He will be in conversation with Abe Sofaer, the George P. Shultz Fellow in Foreign Policy and National Security Affairs, Emeritus.

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Wed, Feb 26 / 6:00 PM PST

Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California
110 The Embarcadero
Taube Family Auditorium
San Francisco, CA 94105
United States

Speakers
Image - Mark Brzezinski

Mark Brzezinski

Ambassador of the United States to Poland

Image - Abraham Sofaer

In Conversation with Abraham Sofaer

George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy and National Security Affairs, Emeritus, Hoover Institution

Format

5:30 p.m. doors open & check-in
6–7 p.m. program
(all times Pacific Time) 

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$25 
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Online:
$10
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