Anthony Lake
Anthony Lake | |
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6th Executive Director of UNICEF | |
In office April 30, 2010 – December 31, 2017 | |
Secretary General | |
Preceded by | Ann Veneman |
Succeeded by | Henrietta H. Fore |
17th United States National Security Advisor | |
In office January 20, 1993 – March 14, 1997 | |
President | Bill Clinton |
Deputy | Sandy Berger |
Preceded by | Jonathan Howe |
Succeeded by | Sandy Berger |
Director of Policy Planning | |
In office January 21, 1977 – January 20, 1981 | |
President | Jimmy Carter |
Preceded by | Winston Lord |
Succeeded by | Paul Wolfowitz |
Personal details | |
Born | William Anthony Kirsopp Lake April 2, 1939 New York City, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouses | |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Kirsopp Lake (grandfather) |
Education | |
William Anthony Kirsopp Lake (born April 2, 1939) is an American diplomat and
He has been a foreign policy advisor to many
Early life
Lake is the grandson of Kirsopp Lake, a member of the Church of England clergy who moved to the United States from Oxford, England, in 1914, to teach New Testament studies at Harvard. Lake's father, Gerard Kirsopp Lake, was a New Deal Democrat, and his mother, Eleanor (née van Someren Hard), a Republican.[3][4]
Lake himself was born in New York City. He attended
Lake was good friends with Richard Holbrooke whom he met in Vietnam while both of them were in the foreign service. They frequently visited each other and Lake aided Holbrooke throughout the early years of his career. They grew apart when Holbrooke had an affair with Lake's wife. Although this did not initially end their companionship, they rarely spoke, and by the time Lake became National Security Advisor, their friendship was over.[7]
Career
Lake joined the
Lake worked for Democratic U.S. Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine in his 1972 presidential campaign. After Muskie lost the nomination to George McGovern, Lake served briefly at the Carnegie Endowment and International Voluntary Services before returning to serve as Director of Policy Planning under Jimmy Carter (1977–1981).
After Carter lost the
During the 1992 presidential campaign, he was one of Clinton's chief foreign policy advisers. Lake later served as National Security Advisor (1993–1997). In the aftermath of the Cold War, Lake advocated a policy of "enlargement" of the number free market democracies.[11] Told by the White House to sell his stocks in energy companies when he took the office in 1993, Lake did not do so.[8] When Clinton decided in 1994 to allow Iran to arm the Bosnian army, Lake admitted he made a mistake when he didn't push to inform Congress of the decision.[8]
Director of Central Intelligence nomination
Following Clinton's 1996 re-election, he nominated Lake to become the Director of Central Intelligence,[12] but his nomination was withdrawn due to Republican opposition.[citation needed] It has also been reported that the failure of his nomination was related to his decision to withdraw support at the last minute for an Iraqi coup that might have removed Saddam Hussein without U.S. intervention.[citation needed] However, others have speculated that Lake's nomination "failed, in part, because Lake stated in a television interview that he was not sure if Alger Hiss was guilty."[13][14]
After the withdrawal of his CIA nomination, Lake became White House
Lake co-founded
Lake was a foreign policy adviser for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, having endorsed him over Senator Hillary Clinton, whom he had worked alongside during the Clinton administration.[15][16] Lake was considered a potential Secretary of State until Senator Clinton was named to the position.
UNICEF
On March 16, 2010, Lake was named by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as the next Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), following his nomination by U.S. President Barack Obama.[17][18]
On April 30, 2010, he officially entered the post, succeeding Ann Veneman, a former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. On May 2, 2014, he was reappointed Executive Director of UNICEF by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and served through the end of 2017.[19]
At UNICEF, he was active at effort to refocus investment towards the most disadvantaged children,[20][21] and reducing child mortality.[22]
Other activities
Lake was an advisory board member for the
For many years Lake served on the Board of Trustees for St. Mary's College of Maryland. He played key roles in the establishment of the Center for the Study of Democracy at the college, where he also served on the advisory board.
Religion
Lake was raised in the
However, Lake jokes that he was Jewish in the eyes of others well before his formal conversion. First, in 1997, when news broke that Secretary of State
Personal life
Lake was married to Antonia Plehn from 1962 to 1995; they had three children.[3][23]
In 2000, Lake began a relationship with investment banker Julie Katzman. They married in 2005, and Lake converted to Judaism the same year.[3]
Books authored
- More Than Humanitarianism : A Strategic U.S. Approach Toward Africa (2006, co-author with Christine Todd Whitman)
- 6 Nightmares: The Real Threats to American Security (2001)
- The Real and the Ideal: Essays on International Relations in Honor of Richard Ullman (2001, co-edited)
- After the Wars: Reconstruction in Indochina, the Horn of Africa, and Southern Africa (1990, editor)
- SomozaFalling: A Case Study of Washington at Work (1989)
- Third World Radical Regimes: U.S. Policy Under Carter and Reagan (1985)
- Our Own Worst Enemy: The Unmaking of American Foreign Policy (1984, co-author)
- The "Tar Baby" Option: American Policy Toward Southern Rhodesia(1976).
- Legacy of Vietnam: The War, American Society, and the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy (1976, contributing editor)
Honours
See also
References
- ^ Newsweek, Feb 22, 1993
- ^ Georgetown University Faculty Bio.
- ^ a b c d e Greenberger, Robert S. (May–June 2008). "The Conversions of Anthony Lake". Moment. Archived from the original on May 5, 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
- ^ Time, Oct. 19, 1931, marriage announcement for Lake's parents.
- ^ Lake, Anthony (1974). Caution and concern: the making of American policy toward South Africa, 1946-1971.
- ^ "The Real and the Ideal - Council on Foreign Relations". Archived from the original on April 27, 2015.
- ^ Packer, George (2019). Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century. NY: Knopf. pp. 30–211.
- ^ a b c "The Dossier on Anthony Lake". The New York Times. January 17, 1997. Retrieved November 12, 2008.
- ^ www.washingtonpost.com https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/13/AR2009041302968.html. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
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(help)[title missing] - ^ Anthony Lake, Georgetown University faculty profile
- ^ Friedman, Thomas (September 22, 1993). "U.S. Vision of Foreign Policy Reversed". New York Times. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ^ Myers, Steven Lee (December 6, 1996). "Experienced Player Who Shuns Spotlight: Anthony Lake". The New York Times.
- Center for the Study of Intelligence. Archived from the originalon January 9, 2008. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
- ^ "The Uncabinet". Slate. Archived from the original on November 6, 2008. Retrieved November 12, 2008.
- ^ "CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time - Obama outlines foreign policy vision". November 27, 2007. Retrieved June 29, 2008.
- ^ Bumiller, Elisabeth (July 18, 2008). "A Cast of 300 Advises Obama on Foreign Policy". The New York Times. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
- ^ March 16, 2010, Statement by President Barack Obama on the appointment of Anthony Lake as Executive Director of UNICEF. Archived March 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ UNICEF Press Centre. "UNICEF welcomes announcement of next Executive Director". http://www.unicef.org/media/media_53044.html. Retrieved on March 18, 2010
- ^ "Secretary General Appoints Henrietta H. Fore of United States Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases".
- ^ New York Times editorial, sept. 19, 2010
- ^ "Right in Principle, Right in Practice". HuffPost. September 20, 2010.
- ^ "Frontlines"
- ^ "Lake, Anthony". Social Networks and Archival Context. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
Further reading
- Jones, Frank L. "Engaging The World: Anthony Lake And American Grand Strategy, 1993-1997." Historical Journal 59.3 (2016): 869-901.
External links
- An article about Lake's conversion to Judaism, and how he went from being Bill Clinton's National Security Advisor to a supporter of Barack Obama.
- Mount Holyoke biography
- Lake's Georgetown Homepage
- Source Watch entry for Anthony Lake
- National Security Archive on Nixon's consideration of use of nuclear weapons in Viet Nam and Anthony Lake's role
- A blog post on the "Rubin Lake Incident" in Guam
- UN Biography Anthony Lake
- Appearances on C-SPAN