"Within the next hundred years, nationhood as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority. A phrase briefly fashionable in the mid-20th century, 'citizen of the world', will have assumed real meaning by the end of the 21st century." -- The Birth of the Global Nation", Time Magazine, 1992, By Strobe Talbott (who became Clinton's Deputy Secretary of State)
Poster Comment:
The former Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) operative Sergei Tretyakov said that SVR considered Talbott a source of intelligence information and classified him as "a special unofficial contact," even though "he was not a Russian spy."[12] The allegations center on Talbott's relationship with Russia's ambassador to Canada, Georgiy Mamedov, who was a longtime SVR "co-optee," according to Tretyakov. Mamedov called the allegations "blatant lies."[12] Talbott also rejected the accusations, calling them "erroneous and/or misleading in several fundamental aspects..."[13] and said that his meetings with Mamedov advanced US objectives, such as getting Russia to accept NATO enlargement and helping to end the Kosovo War.[12]
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[10] Talbott currently also sits on the DC non-profit America Abroad Media's advisory board.[11]