Former US Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Are we one step closer to peace in Ukraine? After two days of negotiations between the US, Ukraine and Europe, there certainly seems to be optimism in the air. Now the new proposal goes back to the Kremlin, but is President Putin ready to accept the terms? We ask Kurt Volker, former US Ambassador to NATO, who served as special envoy to Ukraine during President Trump's first term. Also on today's show: Former Ukrainian Economy Minister Tymofiy Mylovanov; actor and playwright Yousef Sweid & playwright and director Isabella Sedlak discuss Sweid's one-man play, "Between the River and the Sea"; author Saikrishna Prakash, “The Presidential Pardon” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.6	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur.
0:36.6	Here's what's coming up.
0:38.3	I think we're closer now than we have been ever.
0:42.3	Trump offers Ukraine strong security guarantees, but it comes with a warning, except now or risk losing them.
0:49.3	With territory still unresolved, are we really days away from an end to the war?
0:55.0	I asked Kurt Volker, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, and a former member of Zelensky's government,
1:02.0	Timofi Milovanov. Then...
1:04.0	What do you mean you're an Arab, but you're Israeli?
1:07.0	Yeah, I am Israeli.
1:09.0	And you're also Palestinian. What?
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