Strobe talbott biography for kids

1. American diplomat and political scientist
2. Ambiguous success of US-Russian policy
3. The challenge of "personalized diplomacy"

American diplomat and political scientist

Strobe Talbott is an American diplomat and political scientist.

He recently published a book in the United States titled "Hand in Russia: Notes on Presidential Diplomacy".

Strobe talbott biography for kids

The book is written by Talbott, who was a journalist and served as Bill Clinton's "right-hand man" in Moscow during his administration, according to BBCRussian. Talbott's interest in Russia dates back to the 1960s when he completed the Russian department at Yale University and became a graduate student at Oxford.

There, he had the opportunity to work as an English translator for Nikita Khrushchev's memoirs. However, this opportunity had its drawbacks as the sharp, albeit indirect, criticism of Brezhnev in these memoirs angered Soviet leadership and Talbott w