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Strobe Talbott

January 07, 2023

Nelson Strobridge Talbott III (born April 25, 1946) is an American foreign policy analyst focused on Russia. He was associated with Time magazine, and a diplomat who served as the Deputy Secretary of State from 1994 to 2001. He was president of Brookings Institution from 2002 to 2017.

Strobe Talbott
12th United States Deputy Secretary of State
In office
February 23, 1994 – January 19, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byClifton R. Wharton Jr.
Succeeded byRichard Armitage
President of the Brookings Institution
In office
July 1, 2002 – November 6, 2017
Preceded byMichael Armacost
Succeeded byJohn R. Allen
Personal details
Born
Nelson Strobridge Talbott III

(1946-04-25) April 25, 1946 (age 76)
Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseBarbara Lazear Ascher[1]
EducationYale University (BA)
Magdalen College, Oxford (MLitt)

Early life

Talbott was born in Dayton, Ohio, to Helen Josephine (Large) and Nelson Strobridge "Bud" Talbott II.[2] He attended the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut and graduated in 1968 from Yale University, where he had been chairman of the Yale Daily News, a position whose previous incumbents include Henry Luce, William F. Buckley, and Joe Lieberman. He was awarded Yale's Alpheus Henry Snow Prize. He was also a member of the Scholar of the House program in 1967–68, belonged to a society of juniors and seniors called Saint Anthony Hall and elected to the exclusive Elizabethan Club. He became friends with future President Bill Clinton when both were Rhodes Scholars at the University of Oxford;[3] during his studies there he translated Nikita Khrushchev's memoirs into English.[3]

Career

In 1972, Talbott, along with fellow Rhodes Scholar Robert Reich and friend David E. Kendall, rallied their friends Bill and Hillary Clinton to help the Texas campaign to elect George McGovern as president of the United States. In the 1980s, he was Time's principal correspondent on Soviet-American relations, and his work for the magazine was cited in the three Overseas Press Club Awards won by Time in the 1980s.[4] Talbott also wrote several books on disarmament. He translated and edited Khrushchev Remembers: The Last Testament (2 volumes, 1974) by Nikita S. Khrushchev.

Following Bill Clinton's election as president, Talbott served in the U.S. government. He was appointed Ambassador-at-Large and Special Adviser to the Secretary of State Warren Christopher on the New Independent States from 1993 to 1994, to mitigate the consequences of the Soviet breakup. He was then appointed to the second highest ranking position in the U.S. State Department as Deputy Secretary of State from 1994 to 2001.[5] After leaving government, he was briefly the Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization.[6]

 
Talbott with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev whilst the latter was on a visit to the United States in April 2010
 
Talbott with Secretary of State John Kerry in 2016

Talbott was the sixth president of the Brookings Institution in Washington from 2002 to 2017. He helped raise more than $650 million in support of independent policy research and analysis.[7] At Brookings, he was responsible for formulating policies, recommending projects, approving publications and selecting staff, focusing on Eastern Europe, Russia, and nuclear arms control.[8] On January 31, 2017, Talbott announced his resignation from the Brookings Institution. The resignation was later retracted, but in October 2017, he was succeeded by General John R. Allen.[9][7]

In December 2011, Talbott returned to government service as chair of the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board.[10] He was on the advisory board of the DC non-profit America Abroad Media[11] and holds leadership positions in other organizations such as the Aspen Institute and the American Academy of Diplomacy.[12][13]

Family

Talbott married Brooke Shearer in 1971. He had been the college room mate of her brother, Derek.[14] Brooke was a personal aide to Hillary Clinton. They were married for 38 years, until her death on May 19, 2009.[15] He has two sons, Devin and Adrian Talbott, co-founders of the now-defunct Generation Engage.[16] In 2015, he married Barbara Lazear Ascher.[17]

Quotes

  • "In the next century, nations as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority. National sovereignty wasn't such a great idea after all." (Time)[18]
  • "The Russians have provided an opening for renewed diplomacy. Since last summer, President Dmitry Medvedev has been calling for a 'new Euro-Atlantic security architecture'. So far, except for rehashing old complaints and the unacceptable claim that other former Soviet republics fall within Russia's 'sphere of privileged interests', Mr Medvedev and Mr Lavrov have been vague about what they have in mind.
"That creates a vacuum that the United States and its European partners can fill with their own proposals. The theme of those should be accelerating the emergence of an international system (of which NATO is a part) that is prepared to include Russia rather than exclude or contain it, and to encourage positive forces in Russia that want to see their nation integrated in a globalized world organized around the search for common solutions to common problems." (Financial Times)[19]
  • "We already know that the Kremlin helped put Trump into the White House and played him for a sucker…. Trump has been colluding with a hostile Russia throughout his presidency."[20]

Honors and awards

References

  1. ^ "Barbara Ascher and Strobe Talbott". The New York Times. March 2015.
  2. ^ Contemporary Authors. May 2003. ISBN 9780787651961.
  3. ^ a b Cornwell, Rupert (January 8, 1994). "Strobe lights up the world stage for his friend Bill...". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on May 25, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
  4. ^ . Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
  5. ^ Schmitt, Eric (September 24, 1999). "State Dept. Expert Upbeat About Russian Fund Case". New York Times. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
  6. ^ "Talbott to leave for Washington". Yale Daily News. January 25, 2002. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
  7. ^ a b "John R. Allen named next Brookings Institution president". Brookings Institution. October 4, 2017.
  8. ^ . Georgian Times. August 26, 2008. Archived from the original on September 4, 2008. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
  9. ^ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brookings-now/2017/01/31/strobe-talbott-to-step-down-from-the-brookings-institution/ Strobe Talbott to step down from the Brookings Institution
  10. ^ "Strobe Talbott". Brookings. April 27, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  11. ^ "Strobe Talbott".
  12. ^ "Strobe Talbott". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  13. ^ "Strobe Talbott". The American Academy of Diplomacy. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  14. ^ "Brooke Shearer dies at 58; former journalist, personal aide to Hillary Clinton". Los Angeles Times. May 27, 2009. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  15. ^ Smith, Ben (May 19, 2009). "Brooke Shearer, R.I.P." Politico.
  16. ^ Rothstein, Betsy (December 13, 2005). "Political engagement: the next generation". The Hill.
  17. ^ "Barbara Ascher and Strobe Talbott". The New York Times. March 2015.
  18. ^ Talbott, Strobe (July 20, 1992). "America Abroad: The Birth of the Global Nation". TIME.com.
  19. ^ "A Russian 'reset button' based on inclusion". Financial Times. February 23, 2009.
  20. ^ "Anti-Trump Frenzy Threatens to End Superpower Diplomacy". The Nation. January 16, 2019.
  21. ^ "Apbalvotie un statistika" (in Latvian). president.lv. Retrieved May 30, 2022.

Further reading

  • Finan, Bill. "Nuclear Diplomacy Up Close: Strobe Talbott on the Clinton Administration and India." India Review (Jan 2005) 4#1, pp 84-97.
  • Lane, Charles. "The Master of the Game: A journey down the paper trail of Strobe Talbott: Russophile, establishmentarian, … ", The New Republic, March 7, 1994. (pp. 19–29)

Primary sources

  • Talbott, Strobe. Endgame: The inside story of SALT II (1980) online
  • Talbott, Strobe. Deadly Gambits: The Reagan Administration and the Stalemate in Nuclear Arms Control (1984) online
  • Talbott, Strobe. The Master of the Game: Paul Nitze and the Nuclear Peace (1988) online
  • Talbott, Strobe. At the Highest Levels: The Inside Story of the End of the Cold War, with Michael R. Beschloss, (1993) online
  • Talbott, Strobe. The Russia Hand: A Memoir of Presidential Diplomacy (Random House, 2007). online
  • Talbott, Strobe. The Great Experiment: The Story of Ancient Empires, Modern States, and the Quest for a Global Nation (2009) online
  • Talbott, Strobe. Engaging India: Diplomacy, Democracy, and the Bomb (Brookings Institution Press, 2010). online

External links

Political offices
Preceded by United States Deputy Secretary of State
1994–2001 		Succeeded by
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by President of the Brookings Institution
2002–2017 		Succeeded by

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Nelson Strobridge Talbott III born April 25 1946 is an American foreign policy analyst focused on Russia He was associated with Time magazine and a diplomat who served as the Deputy Secretary of State from 1994 to 2001 He was president of Brookings Institution from 2002 to 2017 Strobe Talbott12th United States Deputy Secretary of StateIn office February 23 1994 January 19 2001PresidentBill ClintonPreceded byClifton R Wharton Jr Succeeded byRichard ArmitagePresident of the Brookings InstitutionIn office July 1 2002 November 6 2017Preceded byMichael ArmacostSucceeded byJohn R AllenPersonal detailsBornNelson Strobridge Talbott III 1946 04 25 April 25 1946 age 76 Dayton Ohio U S Political partyDemocraticSpouseBarbara Lazear Ascher 1 EducationYale University BA Magdalen College Oxford MLitt Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Family 4 Quotes 5 Honors and awards 6 References 7 Further reading 7 1 Primary sources 8 External linksEarly life EditTalbott was born in Dayton Ohio to Helen Josephine Large and Nelson Strobridge Bud Talbott II 2 He attended the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut and graduated in 1968 from Yale University where he had been chairman of the Yale Daily News a position whose previous incumbents include Henry Luce William F Buckley and Joe Lieberman He was awarded Yale s Alpheus Henry Snow Prize He was also a member of the Scholar of the House program in 1967 68 belonged to a society of juniors and seniors called Saint Anthony Hall and elected to the exclusive Elizabethan Club He became friends with future President Bill Clinton when both were Rhodes Scholars at the University of Oxford 3 during his studies there he translated Nikita Khrushchev s memoirs into English 3 Career Edit Talbott with George Papandreou Prime Minister of Greece 2009 In 1972 Talbott along with fellow Rhodes Scholar Robert Reich and friend David E Kendall rallied their friends Bill and Hillary Clinton to help the Texas campaign to elect George McGovern as president of the United States In the 1980s he was Time s principal correspondent on Soviet American relations and his work for the magazine was cited in the three Overseas Press Club Awards won by Time in the 1980s 4 Talbott also wrote several books on disarmament He translated and edited Khrushchev Remembers The Last Testament 2 volumes 1974 by Nikita S Khrushchev Following Bill Clinton s election as president Talbott served in the U S government He was appointed Ambassador at Large and Special Adviser to the Secretary of State Warren Christopher on the New Independent States from 1993 to 1994 to mitigate the consequences of the Soviet breakup He was then appointed to the second highest ranking position in the U S State Department as Deputy Secretary of State from 1994 to 2001 5 After leaving government he was briefly the Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization 6 Talbott with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev whilst the latter was on a visit to the United States in April 2010 Talbott with Secretary of State John Kerry in 2016 Talbott was the sixth president of the Brookings Institution in Washington from 2002 to 2017 He helped raise more than 650 million in support of independent policy research and analysis 7 At Brookings he was responsible for formulating policies recommending projects approving publications and selecting staff focusing on Eastern Europe Russia and nuclear arms control 8 On January 31 2017 Talbott announced his resignation from the Brookings Institution The resignation was later retracted but in October 2017 he was succeeded by General John R Allen 9 7 In December 2011 Talbott returned to government service as chair of the U S State Department s Foreign Affairs Policy Board 10 He was on the advisory board of the DC non profit America Abroad Media 11 and holds leadership positions in other organizations such as the Aspen Institute and the American Academy of Diplomacy 12 13 Family EditTalbott married Brooke Shearer in 1971 He had been the college room mate of her brother Derek 14 Brooke was a personal aide to Hillary Clinton They were married for 38 years until her death on May 19 2009 15 He has two sons Devin and Adrian Talbott co founders of the now defunct Generation Engage 16 In 2015 he married Barbara Lazear Ascher 17 Quotes Edit In the next century nations as we know it will be obsolete all states will recognize a single global authority National sovereignty wasn t such a great idea after all Time 18 The Russians have provided an opening for renewed diplomacy Since last summer President Dmitry Medvedev has been calling for a new Euro Atlantic security architecture So far except for rehashing old complaints and the unacceptable claim that other former Soviet republics fall within Russia s sphere of privileged interests Mr Medvedev and Mr Lavrov have been vague about what they have in mind That creates a vacuum that the United States and its European partners can fill with their own proposals The theme of those should be accelerating the emergence of an international system of which NATO is a part that is prepared to include Russia rather than exclude or contain it and to encourage positive forces in Russia that want to see their nation integrated in a globalized world organized around the search for common solutions to common problems Financial Times 19 We already know that the Kremlin helped put Trump into the White House and played him for a sucker Trump has been colluding with a hostile Russia throughout his presidency 20 Honors and awards Edit Grand Officer of the Order of the Three Stars Latvia 2012 21 Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun Japan 2016 Order of the Golden Fleece Georgia References Edit Barbara Ascher and Strobe Talbott The New York Times March 2015 Contemporary Authors May 2003 ISBN 9780787651961 a b Cornwell Rupert January 8 1994 Strobe lights up the world stage for his friend Bill The Independent London Archived from the original on May 25 2022 Retrieved September 9 2009 Yale Lecture Series Putin s Path Russian Foreign Policy Since 9 11 Archived from the original on January 31 2009 Retrieved September 9 2009 Schmitt Eric September 24 1999 State Dept Expert Upbeat About Russian Fund Case New York Times Retrieved September 9 2009 Talbott to leave for Washington Yale Daily News January 25 2002 Retrieved September 9 2009 a b John R Allen named next Brookings Institution president Brookings Institution October 4 2017 Strobe Talbott Not clear what Russia is going to do next Georgian Times August 26 2008 Archived from the original on September 4 2008 Retrieved September 9 2009 https www brookings edu blog brookings now 2017 01 31 strobe talbott to step down from the brookings institution Strobe Talbott to step down from the Brookings Institution Strobe Talbott Brookings April 27 2016 Retrieved October 10 2022 Strobe Talbott Strobe Talbott The Aspen Institute Retrieved October 10 2022 Strobe Talbott The American Academy of Diplomacy Retrieved October 10 2022 Brooke Shearer dies at 58 former journalist personal aide to Hillary Clinton Los Angeles Times May 27 2009 Retrieved October 10 2022 Smith Ben May 19 2009 Brooke Shearer R I P Politico Rothstein Betsy December 13 2005 Political engagement the next generation The Hill Barbara Ascher and Strobe Talbott The New York Times March 2015 Talbott Strobe July 20 1992 America Abroad The Birth of the Global Nation TIME com A Russian reset button based on inclusion Financial Times February 23 2009 Anti Trump Frenzy Threatens to End Superpower Diplomacy The Nation January 16 2019 Apbalvotie un statistika in Latvian president lv Retrieved May 30 2022 Further reading EditFinan Bill Nuclear Diplomacy Up Close Strobe Talbott on the Clinton Administration and India India Review Jan 2005 4 1 pp 84 97 Lane Charles The Master of the Game A journey down the paper trail of Strobe Talbott Russophile establishmentarian The New Republic March 7 1994 pp 19 29 Primary sources Edit Talbott Strobe Endgame The inside story of SALT II 1980 online Talbott Strobe Deadly Gambits The Reagan Administration and the Stalemate in Nuclear Arms Control 1984 online Talbott Strobe The Master of the Game Paul Nitze and the Nuclear Peace 1988 online Talbott Strobe At the Highest Levels The Inside Story of the End of the Cold War with Michael R Beschloss 1993 online Talbott Strobe The Russia Hand A Memoir of Presidential Diplomacy Random House 2007 online Talbott Strobe The Great Experiment The Story of Ancient Empires Modern States and the Quest for a Global Nation 2009 online Talbott Strobe Engaging India Diplomacy Democracy and the Bomb Brookings Institution Press 2010 onlineExternal links EditStrobe Talbott s Brookings Expert Page Talbott lecture at Ditchley Foundation July 2010 Appearances on C SPANPolitical officesPreceded byClifton R Wharton Jr United States Deputy Secretary of State1994 2001 Succeeded byRichard ArmitageNon profit organization positionsPreceded byMichael Armacost President of the Brookings Institution2002 2017 Succeeded byJohn R Allen Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Strobe Talbott amp oldid 1126355201, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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