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with a positive outcome as our objective or a firm stand if necessary. >> zbigniew brzezinski, alwaysasure. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >>> the next step, what to do about president putin? we will have a debate. stay with us. the wonder of summer is that i never know what kind of adventure awaits. the days are longer, and the breeze feels a little sweeter. and, thanks to volvo, i'll pay nothing for repairs or maintenance for 5 years, nothing. they even cover my first month's payment. so, i'll be happy wherever the summer takes me. the wonder of summer event. the 2015 volvo s60 sedan with complimentary first month's payment. starting at $319 a month. >>> so what role did president putin play in the downing of malaysian airlines flight 17 and how should we respond? i have two terrific guests to talk about this, stephen cohen is professor emeritus of russian studies at new york university and princeton university, chrystia freeland is a member of parliament in canada and a former top journalist at reuters and "the financial times." steve, let me ask you the russian government's positio

zbigniew brzezinski will join us next on "morning joe." ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. ♪ she can print amazing things, right from her computer. [ whirring ] [ train whistle blows ] she makes trains that are friends with trees. ♪ my mom works at ge. ♪ >>> 24 past the hour. >>> joining us now in washington, former national security adviser for president carter and author of "strategic vision and the crisis of global power, dr. zbigniew brzezinski. dad, great to have you on. thank you. we are going to start in ukraine because there was word this morning that as many as 30 soldiers and border guards may have been killed by a rebel missile attack. that is according to reuters who is cited interior ministry officials. so things are brewing, bubbling over in ukraine once again. you have written recently about some options looking forward in ukraine. can you tell us about that? >> yes. it seems to me that in the case of ukraine, as well as in some other cases, we can't lead simply by following. we are waiting for

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been lying for 96 hours and where chaos and confusion continue to reign, then i will talk to zbigniew brzezinskiesident obama's next move should be. also, just how much is president

for example, in this town many friends of ukraine like zbigniew brzezinski and others have articulated a future for ukraine that is not necessarily part of the customs union, but not necessarily integrated into the western defense structure. and they've used the word, i think conveniently, finlandization, but it's a broad sense of ukraine as sovereign and independent but not necessarily a member of -- [inaudible] there's also a growing chorus in this town of people who have pointed out that during the period of finlandization, soviet role in finnish domestic politics underminded, crippled and eventually destroyed finnish democracy. could i get your thoughts about what the security status quo might be for ukraine in the future? >> i had hoped to take a few more questions, but i know you are headed to the white house after this, so i've committed to end you on time. i'm going to turn to you with this question as a final question for you to take and any concluding comment you'd like to make as well. >> you know, finlandization, you know, we need, we need to get a bit of intelligence proba

national security adviser to president bush, and now a principal at rice, hadley and gates, and zbigniew brzezinski, at the center for strategic and national studies. the author of countless books, giving us the benefit of his insight to world history and world affairs. we're incredibly pleased to welcoming all of these back of the committee. we look forward to your testimony. if i could have my fans in the press so that i can see our witnesses. thank you. we welcome you back to the committee. we remind you the the full statements will be included in the network. . as you can see, members will want to take advantage of your expertise and will want time for that, especially since there's a 12:00 vote. and so with that, dr. brzezinski, we'll start with you, then dr. hadley, and then we'll get to questions. just push the button there. yeah. since i know your time has been very limited, i don't think i'm going to read to to you my statement, even though it's fairly short. i'm here to summarize the key three points i try to make in it. i acknowledge the fact that what putin tried to do three months ago