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Author Talk: ‘The Art of Diplomacy’
AMBASSADOR STUART EIZENSTAT’s The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World examines the most important international agreements of the last 50 years. In his book talks, as seen on Politics and Prose, CBS News, The New York Times, and more than a dozen podcasts, Ambassador Eizenstat recalls his experiences across more than 130 interviews with the key officials in the U.S. (including presidents Carter and Clinton, almost every secretary of state from Kissinger to Blinken, secretaries of defense, key ambassadors, and more) and with foreign officials. Ambassador Eizenstat leads audiences through an examination of the crucial factors that led to success and, in some cases, failure.
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Globalization & the Global Economic Crisis
AMBASSADOR STUART EIZENSTAT, with his extensive experience as U.S. Ambassador to the EU and key roles in economic policy during the Clinton administration, offers profound insights into globalization and its economic impacts. Ambassador Eizenstat’s analysis emphasizes the interconnectedness of national economies and the necessity of coordinated international responses to economic crises.
Policy Analysis on International Trade Negotiations, Foreign Investment, and Global Financial Imbalances
Drawing on his roles as U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade and key advisor on economic policy, AMBASSADOR STUART EIZENSTAT expertly dissects international trade negotiations, foreign investment, and global financial imbalances. Ambassador Eizenstat’s policy analysis is rooted in practical experience and a strategic vision for sustainable global economic growth.
International Business Relations and a New World Order
AMBASSADOR STUART EIZENSTAT leverages his deep engagement with global business leaders and policymakers to offer insights on international business relations and evolving global power dynamics. Ambassador Eizenstat’s forward-looking analysis highlights the need for innovative strategies to navigate the complexities of a new world order.
Outlook for Climate Policy
AMBASSADOR STUART EIZENSTAT, renowned for his work on the Kyoto Protocol and other international environmental agreements, is a leading voice on climate policy. Ambassador Eizenstat’s pragmatic approach emphasizes the importance of international collaboration and innovative solutions for a sustainable future.
Ambassador Eizenstat heads Covington and Burling's international practice. His work at Covington focuses on resolving international trade problems and business disputes with the US and foreign governments, and international business transactions and regulations on behalf of US companies and others around the world.
During a decade and a half of public service in three US administrations, Ambassador Eizenstat has held a number of key senior positions, including chief White House domestic policy adviser to President Jimmy Carter (1977-1981); U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration (1993-2001).
During the Clinton Administration, he had a prominent role in the development of key international initiatives, including the negotiations of the Transatlantic Agenda with the European Union (establishing what remains of the framework for the US relationship with the EU); the development of the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) among European and US CEOs; the negotiation of agreements with the European Union regarding the Helms-Burton Act and the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act; the negotiation of the Japan Port Agreement with the Japanese government; and the negotiation of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, where he led the US delegation.
Much of the interest in providing belated justice for victims of the Holocaust and other victims of Nazi tyranny during World War II was the result of his leadership of the Clinton Administration as Special Representative of the President and Secretary of State on Holocaust-Era Issues. He successfully negotiated major agreements with the Swiss, Germans, Austrian and French, and other European countries, covering restitution of property, payment for slave and forced laborers, recovery of looted art, bank accounts, and payment of insurance policies. His book on these events, Imperfect Justice: Looted Assets, Slave Labor, and the Unfinished Business of World War II, has been favorably received in publications like The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Businessweek, and Publishers Weekly. It has been translated into German, French, Czech and Hebrew.
Ambassador Eizenstat has received seven honorary doctorate degrees from universities and academic institutions. He has been awarded high civilian awards from the governments of France (Legion of Honor), Germany, Austria, and Belgium, as well as from Secretary of State Warren Christopher, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers. In 2007, he was named "The Leading Lawyer in International Trade" in Washington, DC by Legal Times. His articles appear in The New York Times, Financial Times, International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Foreign Policy magazine, and Foreign Affairs magazine, on a variety of international and domestic topics.
Ambassador Eizenstat grew up and was educated in the public schools of Atlanta. He is a Phi Beta Kappa, cum laude graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and of Harvard Law School. He is married to Frances Eizenstat and has two sons and five grandchildren.
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