Susan Elaine Eisenhower (born December 31, 1951 in Fort Knox, Kentucky) is a consultant, author, and expert on international security and relations between the Russian Federation and the United States of America. She is the daughter of John Eisenhower, and the granddaughter of President Dwight Eisenhower.[1][2] She was married to space scientist Roald Sagdeev,[3] formerly the director of the Russian Space Research Institute. Despite the end of the marriage several years ago, they remain friends and business partners.[4]
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Career
Susan Eisenhower is President of the Eisenhower Group, Inc, which provides strategic counsel on political, business and public affairs projects. She has consulted for Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies doing business in the emerging markets of the former Soviet Union and for a number of major institutions engaged in the energy field.
She is the Chairman of Leadership and Public Policy Programs & Chairman Emeritus of the Eisenhower Institute, a think tank based in Washington, D.C. and in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania associated with Gettysburg College. Eisenhower served as the president of the Eisenhower Institute twice, and later as Chairman. During that time, she became known for her work in the former Soviet Union and in the energy field.
Eisenhower testified before the Senate Armed Services and Senate Budget Committees on policy toward the region. She was also appointed to the National Academy of Sciences' standing Committee on International Security and Arms Control, where she served for eight years.
In 2000, she was appointed by the United States Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson to the Baker-Cutler Commission, to evaluate U.S.-funded nonproliferation programs in Russia, and since that time she has also served as an advisor to another United States Department of Energy study. She currently sits on the Nuclear Threat Initiative board, co-chaired by Senator Sam Nunn and Ted Turner, the Energy Future Coalition and the US Chamber of Commerce's new Institute for 21st Century Energy. She also serves as an Academic Fellow of the International Peace and Security program of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. She has co-chaired Save America’s Treasures, first with Founding Chair Hillary Rodham Clinton and now with First Lady Laura Bush.
She has provided analysis for CNN International, MSNBC, The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, FOX News, The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Hardball with Chris Matthews, One on One with John McLaughlin, the BBC, and all three network morning programs. Over the years she has appeared on many other programs including Nightline, World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, This Week with David Brinkley, and CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt.
Eisenhower has also been seen as a "talking head" on many TV programs and documentaries, including Oliver North's War Stories, Sony Pictures Why We Fight (2005 film) and, most recently, Sputnik Mania.
She has received four honorary doctorates, most recently from the Monterey Institute, where she was cited for her work on nuclear non-proliferation. Ms. Eisenhower received the 2008 Dolibois History Prize from Miami University.[5]
Publications
Eisenhower has written extensively on nuclear and space issues and in 2000, she co-edited a book, Islam and Central Asia, which carried the prescient subtitle, An Enduring Legacy or an Evolving Threat?[5] She is the author of three books: Breaking Free, Mrs. Ike, and Partners in Space: US-Russian Cooperation After the Cold War. She has also edited four collected volumes on regional security issues - the most recent - Partners in Space (2004), which was also published in Russia by Nayuk, the publishing house of the Russian Academy of Sciences. She has written chapters for a number of collected volumes and penned hundreds of op-eds and articles on foreign and domestic policy for publications such as the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, United States Naval Institute's Proceedings, The Spectator, and Gannett Newspapers, as well as the National Interest and Politique Americaine.[5]
Endorsement of Barack Obama
Although a lifelong member of the Republican Party, Eisenhower endorsed Barack Obama for president of the United States in 2008.[6][7][8] Eisenhower announced on August 21, 2008 that she was leaving the Republican Party and becoming an independent.[9]
She spoke on the final day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Her speech was delivered at INVESCO Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado, and began with, "I stand before you tonight not as a Republican or a Democrat, but as an American." [10] The full transcript of her remarks as delivered [11] are on her official website www.SusanEisenhower.com,as well as video of her remarks at the Convention. [12]
References
- ^ Biography of Susan Eisenhower. - Save America's Treasures
- ^ Susan Eisenhower. - National Public Radio
- ^ "Leadership in Conflict". - Samford University
- ^ [1]--Susan Eisenhower's official website.
- ^ a b c Susan Eisenhower, Chairman Emeritus. - The Eisenhower Institute
- ^ Susan Eisenhower - Why I'm Backing Obama. - Washington Post
- ^ Julie Nixon and Susan Eisenhower back Barack Obama. - Daily Telegraph
- ^ Ike's Granddaughter Calls Obama 'Future of America'. - Washington Independent
- ^ Reflections on Leaving the Party. - The National Interest
- ^ Official transcript of remarks by Susan Eisenhower at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. - SusanEisenhower.com
- ^ Official transcript of remarks by Susan Eisenhower at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. - SusanEisenhower.com
- ^ Video of remarks by Susan Eisenhower at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. - SusanEisenhower.com
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See also
Palin Could Take GOP into 'Wilderness'
11/10/08: Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of the former president, on how Sarah Palin could jeopardize the Republican Party's future (Reporter: Suzanne Smalley; Producer/Camera: Lee Wang, Ira Spitzer; Editor: Lee Wang).
Author: newsweekvideo
Keywords: sarah palin susan eisenhower dwight ike john mccain barack obama gop republicans
Added: November 11, 2008
GOP Needs 'Move Back into the Middle'
President Eisenhower's granddaughter on how Republicans alienated moderates in their own party (Reporter: Suzanne Smalley; Producer/Camera: Ira Spitzer, Lee Wang; Editor: Lee Wang).
Author: newsweekvideo
Keywords: susan eisenhower ike sarah palin republicans john mccain barack obama
Added: November 11, 2008
Ruth Rabb on Maime Eisenhower
Interview by Bruce Logan, Dec. 19, 1997. Ruth's husband Max, was President Eisenhower's Secretary of the Cabinet 1953-1957 and President Reagan's Ambassador to Italy 1981-1989 A graduate of Radcliffe College, she has worked in the fields of child development, drug rehabilitation and social services. Mrs. Rabb helped found Polimoda, an affiliate of the Fashion Institute of Technology of New York, in Florence, Italy.She serves on the International Advisory Board of Auburn University and is a trustee of John Cabot University in Rome.She also serves on the board of the Friends of the Cardinal Cooke Inner-City Scholarship Fund (ICSF in New York) and is involved in various humanitarian activities
Author: bhlogan25
Keywords: Maxwell Rabb Susan Eisenhower Tricia Cox Julie
Added: November 4, 2008
JOHN KERRY: "WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA"
Obama has been calm and steady, McCain has been erratic. Republicans are trying to scare people. Other Republicans, like Colin Powell, Chris Buckley, Susan Eisenhower, a Nixon, McClellan, etc, have all endorsed Obama. Republicans. Obama is going to give 95% of Americans a tax cut. Obama has more national security experience than Reagan or Clinton did. This is a time for CHANGE...McCain can not break from the failed Bush-Cheney policies. Bottom line: Barack Obama has shown the judgment necessary to lead this country. Barack Obama has made it clear we have to restore fiscal responsibility to Washington. The Republicans have left us with a 10 TRILLION dollar debt after Democrats left them with a 5 TRILLION dollar surplus...Everything about Barack Obama has been inclusive. He's gonna seek to reach a broader concensus in governanace.
Author: ElPresidenteNuevo
Keywords: John Kerry Barack Obama Tom Brokaw McCain
Added: November 2, 2008
Susan Eisenhower says republicans are supporting Obama.
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