>Strobe Talbott Nelson Strobridge "Strobe" Talbott III (born April 25, 1946) is an American foreign policy analyst associated with Yale University and the Brookings Institution, a former journalist associated with Time magazine, and a diplomat who served as the Deputy Secretary of State from 1994 to 2001. He was president of Brookings from 2002 to 2017. Talbott was born in Dayton, Ohio, to Helen Josephine (Large) and Nelson Strobridge "Bud" Talbott II.[1] 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 also a member of the Scholar of the House program in 1967–68, and belonged to a society of juniors and seniors called Saint Anthony Hall. He became friends with former President Bill Clinton when both were Rhodes Scholars at the University of Oxford;[2] during his studies there he translated Nikita Khrushchev's memoirs into English.[2] Controversy
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 March 2016 The former Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) operative Sergei Tretyakov said that SVR considered Talbott a source of intelligence information and classified him as "a special unofficial contact," even though "he was not a Russian spy."[12] The allegations center on Talbott's relationship with Russia's ambassador to Canada, Georgiy Mamedov, who was a longtime SVR "co-optee," according to Tretyakov. Mamedov called the allegations "blatant lies."[12] Talbott also rejected the accusations, calling them "erroneous and/or misleading in several fundamental aspects..."[13] and said that his meetings with Mamedov advanced US objectives, such as getting Russia to accept NATO enlargement and helping to end the Kosovo War.[12]
Family He married Brooke Shearer in 1971. Talbott had been her brother, Derek's, roommate.[14] Brooke, who was Talbott's wife of 38 years, died on May 19, 2009.[15] He has two sons, Devin and Adrian, co-founders of Generation Engage.[16]
