On 16 September 2008, Zbigniew Brzezinski, former U.S. National Security Advisor under President Jimmy Carter, was hosted in Paris under the banner of Foreign Policy France — for which Fabien Baussart held the licence in France and Ukraine. The event consisted of a breakfast followed by a lunch, both designed to foster high-level exchanges on global affairs.

The sessions were moderated by François Roche, then director of Foreign Policy France. Brzezinski addressed key issues shaping the international order, including U.S. foreign policy challenges, NATO’s role in Europe, and the complex dynamics of relations with Russia, China, and the Middle East.

Participants, drawn from the worlds of politics, diplomacy, and strategy, engaged with Brzezinski’s distinctive vision of geopolitics, marked by his emphasis on balance of power and the need for multilateral cooperation. His contribution provided a critical perspective on the shifting landscape of international relations at the close of the 2000s.