Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat
He held a number of key government 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). Ambassador Eizenstat is currently Senior Counsel in Covington & Burling LLP’s international practice. His work focuses on resolving international trade problems and business disputes with the U.S. and foreign governments. He is the author of several books, most recently: "The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements That Changed the World" (2024).
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
1:00- 2:00pm
The New York City Bar Association
42 West 44th Street
New York City
Also available on Zoom
About the Topic:
In a world rife with armed conflict, border disputes, misunderstandings and growing polarization, diplomacy becomes even more essential to maintaining relationships that are peaceful even if not perfect. Diplomacy is truly an art and a science demanding a knowledge of history and culture, economics, language, geopolitics as well as the application of psychology, subject expertise, open communications, leadership and, at times, humility. Diplomacy is where important changes take place but often behind the scenes. Diplomacy strives to create avenues of communication and relations that steer nations away from conflict and find common ground and interests from culture to business that can help build and support all facets of relationships between nation states. How can we strengthen the power of diplomacy in our contentious world today?
About the speaker
Ambassador Stuart Elliott Eizenstat has served in six U.S. administrations, and has held a number of key government positions, including Chief White House Domestic Policy Adviser to President Jimmy Carter (1977-1981); U.S. Ambassador to the European Union (1993–1996); Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade (1996-1997); Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs (1997-1999); and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration (1993-2001). In each of these positions, he negotiated significant and lasting frameworks with the European Union, Iran, Japan and several other countries.
Importantly, Ambassador Eizenstat has served as the key advisor for many years on belated justice for victims of the Holocaust under the Clinton Administration, the Obama Administration, the Trump Administration, and still serves the Biden Administration. He was the principal negotiator of the 1998 Washington Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art with 44 countries, which continues to be a basis for recovery and compensation for Nazi-looted art. His book on these events, Imperfect Justice: Looted Assets, Slave Labor, and the Unfinished Business of World War II.
Ambassador Eizenstat is currently Senior Counsel in Covington & Burling LLP’s international practice. His work focuses on resolving international trade problems and business disputes with the U.S. and foreign governments. He has received more than eighty awards, including eight honorary doctorate degrees from universities and academic institutions. Ambassador Eizenstat is also the author of many articles and several books, including the well-received President Carter: The White House Years (2018, 2020); The Future of the Jews: How Global Forces are impacting on the Jewish People, Israel, and Its Relationship with the United States; and most recently: The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements That Changed the World (2024). Ambassador Eizenstat received his B.A. Phi Beta Kappa, cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he has an endowed Chair in his name in modern Jewish history; and received his LL.M from Harvard University Law School.
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