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The UIUC Talkshow
#52 - When Empathy Becomes a Weapon: How a Master Diplomat Saves Nations with Stu Eizenstat

The UIUC Talkshow

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 13:05


Stuart E. Eizenstat, a seasoned American diplomat and former ambassador to the European Union, offers an exploration of the craft of negotiation.Drawing on decades of experience and the insights of hundreds of interviews—including with titans like Henry Kissinger and James Baker—his latest book, The Art of Diplomacy, serves as a masterclass in both strategy and empathy.Eizenstat emphasizes the power of truly listening, finding common ground, and engaging with respect, all of which are vital in both high-stakes international negotiations and everyday interactions. This conversation not only unpacks the nuanced skills behind effective diplomacy but also tackles contemporary global challenges—from the tensions in Ukraine to the complexities in the Middle East and Venezuela—underscoring the indispensable role of diplomacy in building a peaceful future.EPISODE LINKS:The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World: https://amzn.to/41VCbhSPresident Carter: The White House Years: https://amzn.to/4228VWLOUTLINE:0:00 - Introduction2:08 - How to Connect with People4:20 - Henry Kissinger8:11 - Creativity in Negotiation9:50 - Ukraine10:50 - Venezuela11:11 - Closing WordsJoin The UIUC Talkshow Community!Become part of our community and unlock exclusive access to the latest episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and special updates. Be the first to know about upcoming guests and new episodes!Join here: https://uiuctalkshow.substack.com/SOCIAL:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uiuctalkshowX: https://twitter.com/uiuctalkshowTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@uiuctalkshowPatreon https://www.patreon.com/uiuctalkshowSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3ezoc4xJa4DrGq7N4lhqQnApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-uiuc-talkshow/id1611427075Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1H9UJqXvJXr3qlx9c89Rv76c6IpnwGeCClips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UIUCTalkshowClipsWhat is the UIUC Talkshow?Our goal with this show is to introduce you to the most interesting people with the most interesting ideas.Consider Supporting UsIf you enjoy our talk show and videos, your support means the world to us! Your contributions help us keep the show running and focus on creating interesting conversations with interesting people. Every dollar goes towards our basic needs, allowing us to dedicate more time and energy to this project. Support us here: https://www.patreon.com/uiuctalkshowJoin The UIUC Talkshow Community!Become part of our community and unlock exclusive access to the latest episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and special updates. Be the first to know about upcoming guests and new episodes.Join us here: https://uiuctalkshow.substack.com/

Gulf Coast Life
Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat reflects on his longtime colleague, President Jimmy Carter

Gulf Coast Life

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 29:58


Stuart Eizenstat met Jimmy Carter when he was running for Governor of Georgia in 1970 and remained a central figure of Carter's team until he left the White House in 1980. During President Carter's administration Eizenstat served as Carter's Chief Domestic Policy Adviser, and throughout his career and life Ambassador Eizenstat remained a close advisor to President Carter. We speak with him about his career in politics and the changes he's witnessed over the decades, and about his longtime colleague and friend Jimmy Carter.

Q&A
Stuart Eizenstat, "The Art of Diplomacy"

Q&A

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 69:45


Stuart Eizenstat, former Domestic Policy Adviser to President Carter and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union under President Clinton, talks about his political career and his new book, "The Art Of Diplomacy," in which he discusses the work done to achieve agreements like the Camp David Accords, the Kyoto Protocols, and the Iran nuclear agreement. Mr. Eizenstat also talks about growing up in the South during the Civil Rights Era and how that experience changed him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

C-SPAN Bookshelf
Q&A: Stuart Eizenstat, "The Art of Diplomacy"

C-SPAN Bookshelf

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 69:45


Stuart Eizenstat, former Domestic Policy Adviser to President Carter and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union under President Clinton, talks about his political career and his new book, "The Art Of Diplomacy," in which he discusses the work done to achieve agreements like the Camp David Accords, the Kyoto Protocols, and the Iran nuclear agreement. Mr. Eizenstat also talks about growing up in the South during the Civil Rights Era and how that experience changed him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Q&A
Stuart Eizenstat, "The Art of Diplomacy"

Q&A

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 65:45


Stuart Eizenstat, former Domestic Policy Adviser to President Carter and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union under President Clinton, talks about his political career and his new book, "The Art Of Diplomacy," in which he discusses the work done to achieve agreements like the Camp David Accords, the Kyoto Protocols, and the Iran nuclear agreement. Mr. Eizenstat also talks about growing up in the South during the Civil Rights Era and how that experience changed him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

C-SPAN Bookshelf
Q&A: Stuart Eizenstat, "The Art of Diplomacy"

C-SPAN Bookshelf

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 65:45


Stuart Eizenstat, former Domestic Policy Adviser to President Carter and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union under President Clinton, talks about his political career and his new book, "The Art Of Diplomacy," in which he discusses the work done to achieve agreements like the Camp David Accords, the Kyoto Protocols, and the Iran nuclear agreement. Mr. Eizenstat also talks about growing up in the South during the Civil Rights Era and how that experience changed him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The NFN Radio News Podcast
Veteran Diplomat Stuart E. Eizenstat Says US Must Continue Supporting Efforts to End Wars in Ukraine & Gaza

The NFN Radio News Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 37:28


Explore the insightful analysis of veteran diplomat Stuart E. Eizenstat on ending Wars in Gaza & Ukraine as he shares the keys to peace and diplomacy from his long experience as an international negotiator. In this episode, we speak with Ambassador Eisenstadt about his latest book, which includes interviews with dozens of U.S. and global leaders such as Presidents Clinton, Carter, and others. Eisenstat offers reflections on key diplomatic skills, current geopolitical issues like the Ukraine War and Gaza conflict, and provides advice for U.S. military strategy. He also shares personal anecdotes and insights from his extensive negotiations experience, including his work on Holocaust issues and economic peace processes. Eizenstat said the eventual resolution of the Ukraine conflict will hinge on a strategic stalemate on the battlefield. "This war in Ukraine will ultimately end when both sides believe they can't get anything further on the battlefield in terms of their political goals," he said. Eizenstat advocated for the U.S. to continue providing critical military aid to Ukraine, comparing the potential outcomes to the armistice that concluded the Korean War, rather than a direct peace agreement. The long time diplomat said the US. must "give Israel the means to defeat and disable Hamas as a governing and military structure, But, we have to also, as the administration is trying to do, combine diplomacy with military force." Eizenstat cautioned that Hamas will not be defeated alone by military force. and that the US. must "look at Gaza as part of a broader conflict. And that broader regional conflict involves Iran on the one hand, which has been the military supplier for Hamas, with its so called, and they call it this, their axis of resistance with Hamas, with Hezbollah, with the Houthis, with Syria." 00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome 00:32 Purpose of the Book 01:40 Key Skills for Successful Diplomacy 03:01 Stamina in Diplomacy 04:36 Lessons from Past Negotiations 04:58 Ukraine Conflict and U.S. Military Role 10:26 Gaza Conflict and Diplomatic Strategies 15:51 Holocaust Negotiations and Personal Reflections 16:42 Trump's Foreign Policy and Biden's Age 21:28 Importance of U.S. International Engagement 22:27 Personal Anecdotes and ConclusionBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-lean-to-the-left-podcast--4719048/support.

The NFN Radio News Podcast
Veteran Diplomat Stuart E. Eizenstat Says US Must Continue Supporting Efforts to End Wars in Ukraine & Gaza

The NFN Radio News Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 39:29


Explore the insightful analysis of veteran diplomat Stuart E. Eizenstat on ending Wars in Gaza & Ukraine as he shares the keys to peace and diplomacy from his long experience as an international negotiator. In this episode, we speak with Ambassador Eisenstadt about his latest book, which includes interviews with dozens of U.S. and global leaders such as Presidents Clinton, Carter, and others. Eisenstat offers reflections on key diplomatic skills, current geopolitical issues like the Ukraine War and Gaza conflict, and provides advice for U.S. military strategy. He also shares personal anecdotes and insights from his extensive negotiations experience, including his work on Holocaust issues and economic peace processes. Eizenstat said the eventual resolution of the Ukraine conflict will hinge on a strategic stalemate on the battlefield. "This war in Ukraine will ultimately end when both sides believe they can't get anything further on the battlefield in terms of their political goals," he said. Eizenstat advocated for the U.S. to continue providing critical military aid to Ukraine, comparing the potential outcomes to the armistice that concluded the Korean War, rather than a direct peace agreement. The long time diplomat said the US. must "give Israel the means to defeat and disable Hamas as a governing and military structure, But, we have to also, as the administration is trying to do, combine diplomacy with military force." Eizenstat cautioned that Hamas will not be defeated alone by military force. and that the US. must "look at Gaza as part of a broader conflict. And that broader regional conflict involves Iran on the one hand, which has been the military supplier for Hamas, with its so called, and they call it this, their axis of resistance with Hamas, with Hezbollah, with the Houthis, with Syria." 00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome 00:32 Purpose of the Book 01:40 Key Skills for Successful Diplomacy 03:01 Stamina in Diplomacy 04:36 Lessons from Past Negotiations 04:58 Ukraine Conflict and U.S. Military Role 10:26 Gaza Conflict and Diplomatic Strategies 15:51 Holocaust Negotiations and Personal Reflections 16:42 Trump's Foreign Policy and Biden's Age 21:28 Importance of U.S. International Engagement 22:27 Personal Anecdotes and ConclusionBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-lean-to-the-left-podcast--4719048/support.

The Gist
BEST OF THE GIST: President Carter Edition

The Gist

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2023 28:29


In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we're listening back to Mike's 2018 interview with Jimmy Carter's once Chief Domestic Policy Advisor, Stuart Eizenstat. Though he was sometimes mischaracterized as an ineffective President, Eizenstat argues that Carter fought for America's energy independence, doubled the size of the national park system, and appointed “more minorities and women to judgeships and senior positions than all 38 presidents before him put together.” Eizenstat's book is President Carter: The White House Years. Then we listen back to Mike's Tuesday Spiel about the media, which, he argues, must occasionally upset the audience. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara  Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com  To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist  Subscribe to The Gist Subscribe: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/  Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Israel in Nederland
Holocaust Remembrance Day & Israëlisch-Duitse onderhandelingen over compensatie

Israel in Nederland

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 66:30


Een bijzondere aflevering van ISRAEL IN NEDERLAND op 30 januari, over een verhaal wat zich zeven jaar na de Tweede Wereldoorlog afspeelt. Uit het zicht van pers en publiek keken in Wassenaar Duitse en Joodse functionarissen elkaar voor het eerst na 1945 in de ogen... Op 27 januari werd wereldwijd de Internationale Holocaustherdenkingsdag herdacht. Ieder jaar staan ook de Gemeente Den Haag, stichting CHAJ van de Joodse gemeenschap in de stad, en de Ambassade van Israël daarbij stil. Dit jaar online vanwege corona en met een bijzonder thema: restitutie en compensatie voor slachtoffers. Luister naar president Yusuf van het Internationaal Gerechtshof en naar ambassadeur Gilon. Maar we nemen u ook mee naar Kasteel Oud-Wassenaar waar in 1952 Israël en West-Duitsland onderhandelden over herstelbetalingen. Onze gidsen daar zijn collega's Avigail Frisch Ben Avraham en Mirit Sharabi. En met dr. Hanco Jürgens van het Duitsland Instituut praten we na over hoe de Duits-Israëlische relaties zich sindsdien hebben ontwikkeld. ------- Foto: Avigail Frisch Ben Avraham (rechts) en Mirit Sharabi (links) bij Kasteel Oud-Wassenaar. Bekijk de hele herdenking op 27 januari 2021 terug op www.ihrd-thehague.org/ U treft daarin ook een documentaire aan over de onderhandelingen in Kasteel Oud-Wassenaar. Ook de fascinerende lezing van oud-ambassadeur Stuart E. Eizenstat van de VS is absoluut de moeite van het bekijken waard! Meer foto's op onze Facebook-pagina: facebook.com/israelinnl

Peace Talks Radio
Profile in Peace: Jimmy Carter

Peace Talks Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 59:00


On this program, we present part of our chat with Former President Jimmy Carter from 2002. Also, an extended conversation with Stu Eizenstat who was President Carter’s Chief Domestic Policy Adviser, and Executive Director of the White House Domestic Policy Staff during his presidency. In 2018, Eizenstat published the book JIMMY CARTER, THE WHITE HOUSE YEARS. Finally, you’ll also hear an excerpt from President Carter’s landmark 1979 Oval Office talk with the nation called “Crisis of Confidence.”

Peace Talks Radio
Profile in Peace: Jimmy Carter

Peace Talks Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 59:00


On this program, we present part of our chat with Former President Jimmy Carter from 2002. Also, an extended conversation with Stu Eizenstat who was President Carter's Chief Domestic Policy Adviser, and Executive Director of the White House Domestic Policy Staff during his presidency. In 2018, Eizenstat published the book JIMMY CARTER, THE WHITE HOUSE YEARS. Finally, you'll also hear an excerpt from President Carter's landmark 1979 Oval Office talk with the nation called “Crisis of Confidence.”

Jews You Should Know
Episode 104 - The Presidential Advisor: A Conversation with Stuart Eizenstat

Jews You Should Know

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2020 59:45


ABOUT THIS EPISODE Stuart Eizenstat has occupied some of the most prominent positions in America government over a half century of public service. From his perch, he also did a tremendous amount to support Israel and to bring succor to Holocaust survivors around the world. An attorney, ambassador, author and expert on a wide range of policy topics, Eizenstat is a true American patriot and a deeply proud Jew. -------------------- ABOUT THIS PODCAST Jews You Should Know introduces the broader community to interesting and inspiring Jewish men and women making a difference in our world. Some are already famous, some not yet so. But each is a Jew You Should Know. The host, Rabbi Ari Koretzky, is Executive Director of MEOR Maryland (www.meormd.org), a premier Jewish outreach and educational organization. MEOR operates nationally on twenty campuses and in Manhattan; visit the national website at www.meor.org. Please visit www.JewsYouShouldKnow.com, follow us on Twitter @JewsUShouldKnow or on Facebook. Have feedback for the show, or suggestions for future guests? E-mail us at JewsYouShouldKnow@gmail.com. Want to support this podcast? Visit Patreon.com/JewsYouShouldKnow. A small monthly contribution goes a long way!! A special thank you to Jacob Rupp of the Lift Your Legacy podcast for his invaluable production assistance.

NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
A Career In Public Service From President Carter To President Obama

NYU Abu Dhabi Institute

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2019 38:26


11.04.2019 A Career In Public Service From President Carter To President Obama During a decade and a half of public service in four U.S. administrations, Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat discusses his career in politics and law and his new book "President Carter: The White House Years" (Thomas Dunne Books, 2018). Speakers Stuart E. Eizenstat, Former United States Ambassador to the European Union; Author of "President Carter: The White House Years" (Thomas Dunne Books, 2018)

Columbia Energy Exchange
President Carter: The White House Years

Columbia Energy Exchange

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2019 41:11


Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat has had a rich career in government: working in four Democratic administrations over the course of 50 years, his most senior roles include Chief Domestic Policy Advisor for President Carter and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and Ambassador to the European Union for President Clinton. Eizenstat advised President Carter through the 1979 oil crisis and through a period of substantial progress on energy and conservation - they doubled the size of the national park system, passed major federal policies that helped increase renewable fuel production and decrease dependence on foreign oil, and even symbolically installed a solar panel on the White House. During the Clinton Administration, Eizenstat served as chief U.S. negotiator for the Kyoto Protocol, which created the international treaty to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. He also gave host Jason Bordoff his first job in government, straight out of grad school. On this episode, Jason and "Stu" reunite to discuss his new book, titled "President Carter: The White House Years." They unpack Eizenstat's unique insights into President Carter's stamp on energy and environmental policy, including deregulating oil and gas markets, conservation efforts, the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster, protecting Alaska's lands, and much, much more.  

JFK Library Forums
President Carter: The White House Years

JFK Library Forums

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2019 96:47


Stuart E. Eizenstat, former chief White House domestic policy adviser to President Jimmy Carter and Ambassador to the European Union, discusses his new book, President Carter: The White House Years, with Meredith Evans, director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum. You can watch this forum by visiting the event's webpage on the John F. Kennedy Library site.

St. Louis on the Air
Close associate of Jimmy Carter discusses some parallels between Carter, Bush ahead of Wash U event

St. Louis on the Air

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2018 22:45


U.S. diplomat and attorney Stuart Eizenstat recently published a 1,024-page book on the one-term presidency of Jimmy Carter, for whom he served as a chief adviser, and he's headed to St. Louis this week to talk about it. But in conversation with host Don Marsh on Monday’s St. Louis on the Air, Eizenstat also offered some thoughts on another one-term presidency he observed closely – that of George H.W. Bush, who passed away just a few days ago.

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Slate Daily Feed
Gist: Quarter for Carter

Slate Daily Feed

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2018 30:38


On The Gist, who makes the CNN Sucks onesie? Jimmy Carter’s reputation is that of an ineffective president. But his chief domestic policy adviser, Stuart Eizenstat, argues that Carter fought for America’s energy independence, doubled the size of the national park system, and appointed “more minorities and women to judgeships and senior positions than all 38 presidents before him put together.” Eizenstat’s book is President Carter: The White House Years. In the Spiel, the local radio scandal of Joe Benigno. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Gist
Quarter for Carter

The Gist

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2018 30:38


On The Gist, who makes the CNN Sucks onesie? Jimmy Carter’s reputation is that of an ineffective president. But his chief domestic policy adviser, Stuart Eizenstat, argues that Carter fought for America’s energy independence, doubled the size of the national park system, and appointed “more minorities and women to judgeships and senior positions than all 38 presidents before him put together.” Eizenstat’s book is President Carter: The White House Years. In the Spiel, the local radio scandal of Joe Benigno. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Politics and Polls
Politics & Polls #98: A Review of the Carter Presidency

Politics and Polls

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2018 38:28


Every so often, a presidency comes to be seen in a new light. An example of this is President Jimmy Carter, a man viewed by some as part of a troubled period in Democratic politics. A series of new books are shedding light on the Carter presidency, his legacy and what was happening in the 1970s. In this episode, Julian Zelizer is joined by Amb. Stuart Eizenstat, who offers a comprehensive history of the Carter presidency. Amb. Eizenstat has held several key positions, including chief White House domestic policy adviser to President Jimmy Carter, U.S. ambassador to the European Union, undersecretary of commerce for international trade and deputy secretary of the treasury in the Clinton administration. In his new book, “President Carter: The White House Years,” Eizenstat draws on more than 5,000 pages of notes and hundreds of interviews to give a close view on how the presidency works, Carter’s successes and failures and his lasting impact on the country.

American Ambassadors Live! Podcast
Interview with Ambassador Eizenstat, Author of President Carter: The White House Years (Part 4 of 4)

American Ambassadors Live! Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2018 13:03


Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat joins CAA Live! host Ambassador Rosapepe to discuss his upcoming book, President Carter: The White House Years. In this episode, Ambassador Eizenstat discusses President Carter's foreign policy successes and missteps.

American Ambassadors Live! Podcast
Interview with Ambassador Eizenstat, Author of President Carter: The White House Years (Part 3 of 4)

American Ambassadors Live! Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2018 7:16


Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat joins CAA Live! host Ambassador Rosapepe to discuss his upcoming book, President Carter: The White House Years. In this episode, Ambassador Eizenstat details President Carter's contributions to the Bonn Summit - the 4th G7 Summit held in Bonn, West Germany.

American Ambassadors Live! Podcast
Interview with Ambassador Eizenstat, Author of President Carter: The White House Years (Part 2 of 4)

American Ambassadors Live! Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2018 7:48


Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat joins CAA Live! host Ambassador Rosapepe to discuss his upcoming book, President Carter: The White House Years. In this episode, Ambassador Eizenstat brings us behind the scenes of the negotiations between President Carter and Deng Xiaoping that led to official diplomatic relations between the U.S. and China.

American Ambassadors Live! Podcast
Interview with Ambassador Eizenstat, Author of President Carter: The White House Years (Part 1 of 4)

American Ambassadors Live! Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2018 18:24


Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat joins CAA Live! host Ambassador Rosapepe to discuss his upcoming book, President Carter: The White House Years. In this episode, Ambassador Eizenstat brings us behind the scenes of President Carter's dealings with the Soviet Union while upholding American values abroad.

Political Wire Conversations
Stuart Eizenstat: Taking Another Look at the Carter Years

Political Wire Conversations

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2018 39:49


Forget everything you think you know about President Jimmy Carter and get ready to ask yourself: Was he an ineffective, overwhelmed outsider who oversaw four of the worst years in our history… or, as my guest today argues, was Carter’s presidency one of the most consequential in modern history. I confess – I forgot just how much occurred during Carter’s four years – and how much of what he did set the stage for politics and policies today: Ideas like protecting the environment, putting human rights at the center of our foreign policy, energy conservation, the Middle East peace process, and perhaps most painful in today’s political ridiculousness: A post-Watergate President who ran for office on the promise that “I’ll never lie to the American people.”Say what you want about Carter; he kept that promise.But for all the success, Carter’s presidency is rarely hailed. He micromanaged. He tried to do too much. He ruined the economy. He oversaw gas lines in America – literally, lines of people in cars waiting to fill their gas tanks. Google it. And most terribly, he couldn’t free the American hostages from 444 days of captivity in Iran.So how should we consider Jimmy Carter’s presidency?Stu Eizenstat had a front row seat to it all. From 1969 to 1981, Eizenstat worked for peanut farmer, governor, candidate, and President Carter, ultimately as his chief White House domestic policy adviser. Eizenstat has written an historical take on Carter’s four years as President – one that Stu himself says is largely positive, yes, but doesn’t shy away from harsh criticism, too. As Stu writes: “I am not nominating Jimmy Carter for a place on Mount Rushmore. He was not a great president, but he was a good and productive one.”More on Stu: Before the Carter years, he had worked as a very young man in the LBJ administration. After Carter, he served as US Ambassador to the European Union and then Deputy Secretary of the Treasury under Bill Clinton. He has been a powerful presence internationally, and was 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. He now heads the international practice at Covington & Burling.His exceptional book gives insight and context to every crisis and challenge of the 1970s… We talked about many of them – most relevant for today, I asked him about how much of what Carter did is being attacked by Trump and Trump’s own approach to the Presidency.

National Book Festival 2013 Webcasts
Stuart Eizenstat: 2013 National Book Festival

National Book Festival 2013 Webcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2014 48:15


Stuart Eizenstat appears at the 2013 Library of Congress National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Stuart E. Eizenstat has held senior U.S. government positions in three presidential administrations, in the White House, the State Department and other agencies. He has been the U.S. ambassador to the European Union and the deputy secretary of the Treasury. At the same time, he has served as a leader in the Jewish community, having led American and international Jewish groups and institutions and having received numerous awards from Jewish organizations and academic institutions. Eizenstat is the author of "Imperfect Justice: Looted Assets, Slave Labor and the Unfinished Business of World War II." His latest book is "The Future of the Jews: How Global Forces Are Impacting the Jewish People, Israel and Its Relationship with the United States." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6104

Commencement | Spring 2000 - Commencement Audio
Commencement 2000: Eizenstat Speech

Commencement | Spring 2000 - Commencement Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2008 23:46