Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

Stuart E. Eizenstat has served six U.S. presidential administrations in 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 Obama administration, he served as Special Adviser on Holocaust-Era Issues to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of State John Kerry (2009-2017), during which he negotiated significant Holocaust-related agreements with the governments of Lithuania and France. During the Trump administration, he was appointed by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as Expert Adviser to the State Department on Holocaust-Era Issues, and in the Biden administration, he is currently serving as Special Adviser to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Holocaust Issues. His newest book is The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World (2024). He is also the author of President Carter: The White House Years (2018), The Future of the Jews: How Global Forces are Impacting the Jewish People, Israel, and Its Relationship with the United States (2012), and Imperfect Justice: Looted Assets, Slave Labor, and the Unfinished Business of World War II (2003). He is an international lawyer in Washington, DC.

Amabssador Eizenstat's Athenaeum presentation is co-sponsored by the Mgrublian Center for Human Rights (where Eizenstat serves as an honorary advisory board member) and the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, both at CMC.