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Amanpour

Applying Lessons of Dayton Agreement to Today

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Today marks the signing of the historic 1995 Dayton Agreement, which brought over three years of brutal fighting in Bosnia to an end. The Agreement yields important lessons today about bridging deep divides and finding a path to peace even in the most improbable conditions. Two key architects of the Agreement, Carl Bildt, High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1995-97), and Christopher Hill, former US Ambassador to Serbia, join Christiane to reflect on the challenges of reaching the agreement and how it can help guide solutions for today's most pressing conflicts.  Also on today's show: actor Tilda Swinton; sports journalist Joon Lee  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to Amunpur. Here's what's coming up.

0:07.0

There's no question we stopped a war, a war that had gone on for years,

0:12.0

had claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians.

0:15.0

Thirty years of imperfect peace in Bosnia, still it can teach world leaders how to end a war, former US ambassador

0:23.3

to Serbia, Christopher Hill, and the former Bosnia High Representative and Swedish Prime Minister

0:28.5

Carl Bill on lessons for Ukraine. Then, I think it's a waste, this idea of fixing one's identity.

0:36.8

I don't believe it serves us.

0:39.3

Cinema's pre-eminent shape-shifter,

0:41.3

Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton,

0:43.3

tells me about her favorite way to work,

0:46.3

through relationships, and about her new book,

0:49.3

Ongoing, also ahead.

0:51.3

You can basically bet on anything that happens

0:53.3

within the confines of a stadium during a sports

0:56.4

game now.

0:57.4

How betting once saved American sports and now could be killing it.

1:02.4

Journalist June Lee tells Michelle Martin that he's sounding the alarm before it's too late. Welcome to the program everyone.

1:22.6

I'm Kristyana Manpur in New York.

1:26.6

We begin with Ukraine,

1:28.5

where massive Russian strikes on residential buildings have devastated the western city of

1:33.8

Turnople this week. Children have been among the victims of that attack, and it's a stark reminder

1:38.9

that almost four years into this war, peace has never been more important. But this week, Saw reports that the

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