Susan Elaine Eisenhower (born December 31, 1951)[1] is an American consultant, author, and expert on international security, space policy, energy, and relations between the Russian Federation and the United States of America.

In 2000, she was appointed by United States Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson to the Baker-Cutler Commission, a blue-ribbon task force, to evaluate U.S.-funded nonproliferation programs in Russia.

She was also appointed to the National Academy of Sciences' standing Committee on International Security and Arms Control, where she served for eight years.

[6][better source needed] Eisenhower is also active in the corporate world, serving on the advisory boards of Thorium Power, IxReveal, and Foolproof.

[6][better source needed] 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 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.

[6][better source needed] Eisenhower has also been seen as a "talking head" on television programs and documentaries, including Oliver North's War Stories, Why We Fight and, most recently, Sputnik Mania.

[6][better source needed] She has received four honorary doctorates, including from the Monterey Institute, where she was cited for her work on nuclear nonproliferation.

[7] She has written chapters for a number of collected volumes, and penned hundreds of op-eds and articles on foreign and domestic policy for the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, United States Naval Institute's Proceedings, The Spectator, the National Interest, Politique Americaine, USA Today and other Gannett Newspapers.

[citation needed] Although a lifelong member of the Republican Party, Eisenhower endorsed Barack Obama for president of the United States in 2008.

She objects to its size, arguing that it is ecologically unsustainable,[17] to the negative symbolism associated with the 80-foot-high metal curtains, and to the design's overall depiction of former President Eisenhower as a young boy rather than a man.