Obama and the World by Former Deputy Secretary of State

Thursday, September 24 at 5:30 PM

Nelson Mandela Auditorium

“Obama and the World”

Hear from Strobe Talbott, President of Brookings Institution; former Deputy Secretary of State. Talbott will discuss “Obama and the World,” an analysis of the international challenges the President is facing, how he’s coping with those challenges and what it means for the future of American security and foreign policy.

Talbott assumed the presidency of the Brookings Institution in July 2002 after a career in journalism, government and academe. His immediate previous post was founding director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. Before that, he served in the State Department from 1993 to 2001, first as Ambassador-at-large and special adviser to the Secretary of State for the new independent states of the former Soviet Union, then as Deputy Secretary of State for seven years.  Mr. Talbott entered government service after 21 years with Time magazine. As a reporter, he covered Eastern Europe, the State Department and the White House, then was Washington bureau chief, editor-at-large and foreign affairs columnist. He was twice awarded the Edward Weintal Prize for distinguished diplomatic reporting.

Hosted by the Curriculum in International and Area Studies, Center for Global Initiatives and Department of Political Science.

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