"LeBron is going to be playing squash now, " says Yale's Talbott.
Talbott's fingerprints can be clearly seen in the language and content of the Joint Statement.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Post-Mortem on the Summit: The Talbott Communique
Nor does Mr Talbott's character, at least on the surface, betray much romanticism or strong emotion of any other kind.
Secretary Talbott's speech was only one of the indications that Washington is finally awakening to what is at stake in the Transcaucasus and Caspian Basin.
Talbott's preeminent role in the summit -- and, indeed, in shaping U.S.-Russian relations for most of the past eight years -- was underscored by his inclusion in the two leaders' intimate dinner Saturday night.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Post-Mortem on the Summit: The Talbott Communique
The fact that Russia eventually agreed to help rather than hinder the West in Yugoslavia probably says more about its financial dependence (on soft western loans) than about Mr Talbott's cunning, patience or literary sensitivities.
In the meantime, what unites the deal-makers in America's Treasury and cerebral types like Mr Talbott is their militant agnosticism about Russia's medium-term outlook.
But Strobe Talbott, America's envoy, insisted on arrival in Moscow on June 10th that there would be no Russian zone.
This is hardly what Strobe Talbott, America's deputy secretary of state, had in mind when he recently called for Turkey's generals to get out of politics.
Ahtisaari, Chernomyrdin and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott were due to meet again in Helsinki, Finland, on Friday.
Russian Balkans envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott were to meet in Helsinki with Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari for more talks on ending the crisis.
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