Strobe Talbott

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 78)
Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
(m. 1971; died 2009)
Barbara Lazear Ascher
(m. 2015)
[1]
EducationYale University (BA)
Magdalen College, Oxford (MLitt)

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.

  1. ^ "Barbara Ascher and Strobe Talbott". The New York Times. March 2015.