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'''Strobe Talbott''' (1946-) is an American diplomat and journalist who is the current President of the [[Brookings Institution]], and a member of the [[Aspen Institute#Aspen Strategy Group|Aspen Strategy Group]]. He was a Rhodes Scholar classmate of [[Bill Clinton]]. | |||
==Research and education== | |||
After leaving State in 2001, he became Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization at [[Yale University]]. | |||
==Diplomacy== | |||
He became [[Deputy Secretary of State]] in 1992, after serving as Ambassador-at-Large and Special Adviser to the Secretary of State on the New Independent States (NIS). | |||
==Journalism== | |||
He came to State after spending 21 years with ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', including assignments as Editor-at-Large, Washington Bureau Chief, and diplomatic correspondent. As a journalist, he twice won the Edward Weintal Prize for distinguished reporting on foreign affairs and diplomacy in 1980 and 1985. His contributions were also cited in three Overseas Press Club Awards to TIME, in 1982, 1987, and 1989. | |||
Mr. Talbott is the author of several books on diplomacy and U.S.-Soviet relations. He translated and edited two volumes of Nikita Khrushchev's memoirs, published in 1970 and 1974. He wrote a series of three books on U.S.-Soviet arms control: Endgame: The Inside Story of SALT II (1979), Deadly Gambits: The Reagan Administration and the Stalemate in Nuclear Arms Control (1984), and Master of the Game: Paul Nitze and the Nuclear Peace (1988). He is also the author of The Russians and Reagan (1984) and the co-author, with Michael Mandelbaum, of Reagan and Gorbachev (1987) and, with Michael R. Bechloss, At The Highest Levels: The Inside Story of the End of The Cold War (1993). | |||
Mr. Talbott served as a trustee of Yale University and the Hotchkiss School and as a director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Council on Foreign Relations, and The Aspen Strategy Group. | |||
==Education== | |||
*B.A., Russian Studies, Yale University, 1968 | |||
*M.Litt. and Rhodes Scholar, Russian studies, [[Oxford University]], 1971 | |||
Revision as of 21:34, 12 May 2010
Strobe Talbott (1946-) is an American diplomat and journalist who is the current President of the Brookings Institution, and a member of the Aspen Strategy Group. He was a Rhodes Scholar classmate of Bill Clinton.
Research and education
After leaving State in 2001, he became Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization at Yale University.
Diplomacy
He became Deputy Secretary of State in 1992, after serving as Ambassador-at-Large and Special Adviser to the Secretary of State on the New Independent States (NIS).
Journalism
He came to State after spending 21 years with Time, including assignments as Editor-at-Large, Washington Bureau Chief, and diplomatic correspondent. As a journalist, he twice won the Edward Weintal Prize for distinguished reporting on foreign affairs and diplomacy in 1980 and 1985. His contributions were also cited in three Overseas Press Club Awards to TIME, in 1982, 1987, and 1989. Mr. Talbott is the author of several books on diplomacy and U.S.-Soviet relations. He translated and edited two volumes of Nikita Khrushchev's memoirs, published in 1970 and 1974. He wrote a series of three books on U.S.-Soviet arms control: Endgame: The Inside Story of SALT II (1979), Deadly Gambits: The Reagan Administration and the Stalemate in Nuclear Arms Control (1984), and Master of the Game: Paul Nitze and the Nuclear Peace (1988). He is also the author of The Russians and Reagan (1984) and the co-author, with Michael Mandelbaum, of Reagan and Gorbachev (1987) and, with Michael R. Bechloss, At The Highest Levels: The Inside Story of the End of The Cold War (1993).
Mr. Talbott served as a trustee of Yale University and the Hotchkiss School and as a director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Council on Foreign Relations, and The Aspen Strategy Group.
Education
- B.A., Russian Studies, Yale University, 1968
- M.Litt. and Rhodes Scholar, Russian studies, Oxford University, 1971