Strobe Talbott
Nelson Strobridge "Strobe" Talbott III. (Born April 25, 1946 in Dayton , Ohio ) is an American diplomat , politician ( Democratic Party ) and political scientist. Talbott was Vice Secretary of State of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He has been friends with Bill Clinton since they both studied at Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship . Known as a world federalist , Talbott was President of the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington, DC until October 2017
Life
In spring 2009 he was visiting scholar at the American Academy in Berlin . Also in 2009 he was accepted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Works
- Rocket chess . Piper, Munich / Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-492-02911-6 (original title: Deadly gambits ).
- The Master of the Game. Paul Nitze and the Nuclear Peace . Alfred A. Knopf, New York 1988.
Quotes
“In the next century, nations as we know them will be obsolete. All states will recognize a single global authority. National sovereignty was not a particularly good idea. "
Web links
- Strobe Talbott in the nndb (English)
- Biography ( memento of December 14, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) at the US State Department (English)
- Brookings Institution Biography
Individual evidence
- ↑ brookings.edu
- ↑ americanacademy.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ content.time.com In: Time Magazine , July 20, 1992
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Talbott, strobe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Talbott III, Nelson Strobridge |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American diplomat, politician, and political scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dayton , Ohio |