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Strobe Talbott

Strobe Talbott

President, The Brookings Institution

Strobe Talbott is president of the Brookings Institution. Talbott, whose career spans journalism, government service, and academe, is an expert on U.S. foreign policy, with specialties on Europe, Russia, South Asia and nuclear arms control. As deputy secretary of state in the Clinton administration, Talbott was deeply involved in both the conduct of U.S. policy abroad and the management of executive branch relations with Congress. He is the author of numerous books including, most recently, Fast Forward: Ethics and Politics in the Age of Global Warming, with William Antholis. Read Full Bio



Expertise

Europe; national security; NATO; Russia/former Soviet Union; South Asia; UN/Global Governance; U.S. foreign policy

Background

Current Positions
Chair, Foreign Affairs Policy Board, U.S. Department of State

Past Positions
Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Yale University; Deputy Secretary of State (1994–2001); Ambassador-at-Large and Special Adviser to the Secretary of State on the New Independent States (1993–94); Editor-at-Large and Foreign Affairs Columnist (1989–92), Washington Bureau Chief (1984–89), Diplomatic Correspondent (1977–84), White House Correspondent (1975–76), State Department Correspondent (1974–75), and Eastern Europe Correspondent (1971–73), Time Magazine

Education

M.Litt., Oxford University, 1971; B.A., Yale University, 1968

"Those of us alive today are the first generation to know that we live in the Age of Global Warming. We may also be the last generation to have any chance of doing something about it. Our forebears had the excuse of ignorance. Our descendants will have the excuse of helplessness. We have no excuse."
—from Fast Forward: Ethics and Politics in the Age of Global Warming


Research and Commentary


Save to My PortfolioRemembering Richard HolbrookeDecember 15, 2010The Washington Post
Save to My PortfolioAround the Halls: Remembering Richard HolbrookeDecember 14, 2010Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioObama and the World: A Promise at RiskJuly 10, 2010The Ditchley Foundation Lecture
Save to My PortfolioThe New START Treaty Is No MistakeJuly 07, 2010The Washington Post
Save to My PortfolioClimate Change Fight Like the Cold WarMay 12, 2010"Marketplace" from American Public Media
Save to My PortfolioAround the Halls: Senate Climate Change BillMay 12, 2010Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioJudging the New START TreatyMarch 29, 2010POLITICO
Save to My PortfolioThe Scouting Report Web Chat: Global ThreatsJanuary 27, 2010Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioObama's Leadership AbroadJanuary 19, 2010Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioRussian Arms Control Gambit May Have BackfiredDecember 07, 2009Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioThe Four Who Ended the Cold WarNovember 09, 2009Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioNeeded: Less Drift, More MasterySeptember 21, 2009Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioA Better Base for Cutting Nuclear WeaponsSeptember 20, 2009Financial Times
Save to My PortfolioCounseling That Helps the Dying LiveAugust 29, 2009The Washington Post

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