Editing Zbigniew Brzezinski (section)

==Personal life==
Brzezinski was married to Czech-American sculptor [[Emilie Benes Brzezinski|Emilie Benes]] (grand-niece of the second Czechoslovak president, [[Edvard Beneš]]), with whom he had three children. His elder son, [[Ian Brzezinski]] (b. 1963), is a Senior Fellow in the International Security Program and is on the [[Atlantic Council]]'s Strategic Advisors Group. Ian also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and [[NATO]] (2001–2005) and was a principal at [[Booz Allen Hamilton]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2016 |title=Ian Brzezinski |url=http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/about/experts/list/ian-brzezinski |access-date=February 11, 2017 |work=[[Atlantic Council]]}}</ref> His younger son, [[Mark Brzezinski]] (b. 1965), is a lawyer who served on President Clinton's National Security Council as an expert on Russia and Southeastern Europe, and has served as the [[U.S. ambassador to Sweden]] (2011–2015) and [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Poland|Poland]] (from 2022). His daughter, [[Mika Brzezinski]] (b. 1967), is a television news presenter and co-host of MSNBC's weekday morning program, ''[[Morning Joe]]'', where she provides regular commentary and reads the news headlines for the program. 

He was deeply Catholic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brzezinski recalled as brilliant strategist committed to faith, family |url=https://catholicphilly.com/2017/06/news/national-news/brzezinski-recalled-as-brilliant-strategist-committed-to-faith-family/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=CatholicPhilly |language=en-US}}</ref>