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Kurt Volker

Distinguished Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis

Ambassador Kurt Volker is a Distinguished Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). He is a leading expert in U.S. foreign and national security policy with over 35 years of experience in a variety of government, academic, and private sector capacities. He served as US Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations from 2017 to 2019 and as US Ambassador to NATO from 2008-09. Ambassador Volker is the Founder and President of Alliance Strategic Advisors, LLC. He is a co-founder of the American University Kyiv in 2022 and a Trustee of the American College of the Mediterranean. Ambassador Volker serves on the advisory boards of the US Institute for Peace, the GW University Elliott School of International Affairs, and BGR Group. From 2012-19, Ambassador Volker was the founding Executive Director of The McCain Institute for International Leadership, a part of Arizona State University based in Washington, DC.
Subjects:
Asia, Authoritarianism, China, COVID-19, Cybersecurity, Defence, Democracy, Eastern Partnership, Elections, Europe, Globalisation, History, Mali, Middle East, Multilateralism, NATO, Russia, Security, Terrorism, Transatlantic relations, Ukraine, United States
Updated: April 23, 2025

Agenda

The Trump Administration’s Ukraine Policy
LMC 2025
Promises Made, Promises Kept: Ukraine’s Path Towards Euro-Atlantic Integration
LMC 2025
What has NATO Gained from Enlargement?
LMC 2024
Asia, Europe, Russia
Novum Modus Operandi: New Method of Operating – Russia’s Neighbourhood Policy
LMC 2021
Defence, Russia, Ukraine
Ukraine: Proxy War of the New Cold War?
LMC 2018
Elections, United States
Will US Foreign Policy be Better Under a Republican or Democratic President?
LMC 2016
6 more

Articles

Authoritarianism, China, COVID-19, Democracy, Globalisation, History, Multilateralism, Russia
Building the Post-pandemic World

The West should pull itself together in order to compete with China and Russia.

Kurt Volker
LMC 2020

Talks

Toomas Hendtik Ilves and Kurt Volker
Authoritarianism, China, Cybersecurity, Democracy, Eastern Partnership, Europe, Russia, Transatlantic relations, United States
A Glimmer of Hope at the End of 2020?

2020 has shaken the world, but is there a glimmer of hope at the end of the year? In the transatlantic community expectations are high for some sort of renaissance in relations between Europe and the US when Joe Biden takes over the White House…

Kurt Volker ,  Toomas Hendrik Ilves
LMC 2020

In the news

Experts weigh in as Trump faces challenges mediating between Ukraine and Russia

ERR, May 21, 2025

‘Connect the dots of hybrid operations and prepare for worse’

Militaire Spectator, May 28, 2024

Länsi ei osaa nyt päättää, tehdäänkö Ukrainan voiton eteen kaikki tarvittava vai minimi: "Jos kulutussota jatkuu nykyisenä, Ukraina häviää sen"

MTV (STT), May 26, 2024

Trumpi endine eriesindaja Delfile: ärge eeldage, et teate Trumpi poliitikat NATO suhtes. Ta ei tea seda veel isegi

Delfi, May 17, 2024

US ex-representative to Ukraine: Russia playing a weaker hand than it might seem

ERR, May 16, 2024

Volkers: ASV arvien spēcīgs divpartiju atbalsts Ukrainai

LTV, May 17, 2023
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