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Joining us is international lawyer, Ambassador Stuart Eisenstadt, who's served as U.S. ambassador to the EU and Deputy Secretary of both Treasury and State, among many other roles.

He's the author of numerous books, such as In Perfect Justice, The Future of the Jews, President Carter the White House years, and his latest book, The Arts of Diplomacy, How American Negotiators reached historic agreements that changed the world.

It's got a foreword by Henry Kissinger and prefaced by James Baker the third. Welcome to the podcast, Ambassador.

Thank you very much. I appreciate it very much. I've been going through your book. I've been

enjoying it myself. being a graduate of the

Geneva School of Diplomacy. I found it fascinating, full of important history anecdotes,

stories of how numerous key political events of the 20th century in past decades were resolved

diplomatically, as well as where negotiations failed. You know, it's got four sections and you cover a lot of,

you know, events that happened in the Middle East, German reunification, Iran, you know, Israel,

Palestine issues, Ireland, the Balkan wars, international trade, as well as climate. Why the

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