The Real Drama at the Table: What Really Happens in International Negotiations

Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat in Dialogue with Rabbi David Woznica

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.

Diplomat and negotiator Stuart E. Eizenstat covers every major contemporary agreement, from the treaty to end the Vietnam War to the Kyoto Protocols and the Iranian Nuclear Accord. His book is The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreement That Changed the World. The book has been praised by Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Tony Blair, Ehud Olmert and many other world leaders.

What led up to these negotiations? What Drama took place “at the table”? What strategies and tactics were successful, and which were unsuccessful? Ambassador Eizenstat interviewed over 60 key figures including former presidents, secretaries of state and major political figures around the world.

We explore what really happens in international negotiations, both in public as well as behind the scenes, as we investigate some of the greatest diplomatic negotiations of the last 50 years.

Stuart E. Eizenstat was U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, President Clinton’s Deputy Secretary of Treasury and was the leader of the U.S. delegation which concluded by adopting the Kyoto Protocol. He received the Courage and Conscience Award from the Government of Israel and devoted much effort to Holocaust Restitution. He is an international lawyer in Washington, DC. 

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