Strobe talbott biography of christopher

  • We're very pleased to have this oral history interview for the Clinton Presidential Oral History Project with Secretary Warren Christopher and Deputy Secretary.
  • Nelson Strobridge Talbott III (born April 25, ) is an American foreign policy analyst focused on Russia.
  • Strobe Talbott has been Deputy Secretary of State since February 22, He assumed that post after serving for a year as Ambassador-at-Large and Special.

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    Strobe Talbott

    American foreign policy analyst

    Nelson Strobridge Talbott III (born April 25, ) 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 to He was president of Brookings Institution from to

    Early life and education

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    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 from Yale University, where he had been chairman of the Yale Daily News. He was awarded Yale's Alpheus Henry Snow Prize. He was also a member of the Scholar of the House program in –68, belonged to a society of juniors and seniors called Saint Anthony Hall, and was elected to the exclusive Elizabethan Club. He became a friend of future President Bill Clinton when both were Rhodes Scholars at the University of Oxford;[3] during his studies there he tra

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    Strobe Talbott Briefing for sekreterare of State Warren Christopher: Russia

    This record of a briefing given by “Russia hand” Strobe Talbott to Secretary Christopher before a meeting with the Russian foreign minister is one of the more insightful illustrations of how importantly the Clinton administration viewed the issue of Russian reforms. It also gives one a sense of the unprecedented level of personal commitment on the part of President Clinton and Talbott to advancing Russia’s democratic transition. 

    Talbott’s remarks open the briefing möte for sekreterare Christopher, who was preparing for his first meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Andrey Kozyrev. Talbott contrasts his approach with that of Russia expert Peter Reddaway, who he describes as overly pessimistic (“Reddaway syndrome”). Although Talbott agrees that “Russia and the former Soviet Union constitute the single biggest and most dangerous political mess on the face of the earth,” he envisions a bright future if t