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Title: In Nuland's Footsteps: US Names Ex-McCain Staffer as Special Ukraine Envoy
Source: Sputnik
URL Source: https://sputniknews.com/politics/20 ... -ukraine-appointment-analysis/
Published: Jul 8, 2017
Author: Sputnik
Post Date: 2017-07-08 16:25:10 by Hondo68
Keywords: McCain Institute for, International Leadership
Views: 2142
Comments: 8

(File) US permanent representative to NATO Kurt Volker is pictured during the 'US elections Morning', organized at the BMW showroom, in Brusssels, November 05, 2008

The US State Department has apparently found a replacement for Victoria 'Cookies' Nuland to coordinate Washington's Ukraine policy. Former CIA analyst, prominent neocon, and McCain Institute for International Leadership executive director Kurt Volker has been named the US Special Envoy to Ukraine to negotiate an end to that country's civil war.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson confirmed Volker's appointment as US Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations on Friday, with the diplomat expected to spearhead US efforts to move forward on the implementation of the Minsk agreements – the ceasefire and peace plan signed by Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany in early 2015 in the Belarusian capital to try to bring the conflict in eastern Ukraine to an end.

Vladimir Putin and Rex Tillerson
© Sputnik/ Mikhail Klimentyev

Tillerson: US Special Representative for Ukraine Volker Appointed Upon Putin Request

Tillerson added that the special representative on Ukraine was appointed following a request by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Volker, he said, "will draw on his decades of experience in the US Diplomatic Corps, both as a representative to NATO and also his time as a permanent political appointment."

But according to US and Russian observers, Volker's appointment casts doubt on whether Washington is really committed resolving the Ukraine crisis. Speaking to Sputnik, Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity executive director Daniel McAdams recalled that Volker's current position is head of the McCain Institute, a neo-conservative Washington-based think tank founded by fanatically anti-Russian Senator John McCain. 

"Again, the solution to the Ukraine problem is for the United States to disengage and allow the countries involved to work out the issues. Ultimately, the people of eastern Ukraine should be able to decide their own fate," McAdams said.

Andrei Rezchikov, international affairs observer for Russia's Vzglyad newspaper, was similarly skeptical.

"Formally, the post of special envoy for Ukraine was created for the first time, but in actuality, Volker is Victoria Nuland's successor," the journalist wrote. "The former assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs didn't have a formal position in Ukraine, either, but was remembered in the country, and not only for distributing cookies on Maidan Square" ahead of the 2014 coup.

U.S. Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland and Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt, offering cookies and (behind the scenes) political advice to Ukraine's Maidan activists and their leaders.

© AP Photo/ Andrew Kravchenko, Pool
U.S. Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland and Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt, offering cookies and (behind the scenes) political advice to Ukraine's Maidan activists and their leaders.

Volker, Rezchikov noted, will be charged with coordinating State Department efforts on settling the Ukrainian conflict, and will probably hold discussions with Russian presidential aide Vladislav Surkov, with whom Nuland too previously negotiated, at some point.

Russia had been waiting for Washington to fill the role of Ukraine negotiator since January, when Nuland and several other senior State Department officials resigned, but probably didn't expect one prominent neocon to be replaced by another.

Volker, 55, began his career in the Central Intelligence Agency, serving for two years between 1986 and 1988. In 1988, he joined the US State Department as a Foreign Service officer. In the late 1990s, he became First Secretary of the US Mission to NATO. He was appointed Permanent Representative to the alliance in July 2008 by George W. Bush, and served until May 2009. 

Two years later, he joined Washington-based lobbying firm BGR Group, the same company which Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko hired in late 2016 to lobby Kiev's interests in the Trump administration.

A resident of the village of Staromikhailovka, damaged by a shelling, in the Donetsk region.


© Sputnik/ Valeriy Melnikov

BGR Group founder Ed Rogers had been a prominent Trump critic, and was one of the leaders of the 'Never Trump' movement. Volker, however, was one of the few neocons who did not publically oppose Trump ahead of the 2016 election.

In 2012, Volker was tapped for the job of executive director of the McCain Institute for International Leadership, a non-profit think tank created on Senator John McCain's initiative that same year. Volker had earlier served as legislative fellow on McCain's senatorial staff between 1997 and 1998.

The McCain Institute, a hub of neoconservative thought well-known for its lobbying of hawkish foreign policy, has been reported to have taken donations from George Soros, the Rothschild family, the National Iranian American Council, and the Saudi Embassy. Last year, Senator McCain tried to distance himself from the Institute, saying he had "nothing to do with it" beyond the namesake, even though it was founded with an $8.7 million donation of unused funds from the senator's 2008 presidential run.

According to Rezchikov, the true implications of Volker's appointment as special envoy can be guessed from the reception he has seen from Kiev. The journalist recalled that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ecstatically welcomed the appointment on Twitter, going so far as to declare that the US decision was made "following our arrangements."

Speaking to Vzglyad, Mikhail Pogrebinsky, the head of the Kiev Center of Political Studies and Conflictology, lamented that based on a consideration of Volker's background, "a less suitable candidate for the search for compromise would be hard to find."

"The State Department is appointing someone who is officially registered as a lobbyist for Ukraine to search for compromise. It follows that this will mean a strengthening of the Ukrainian position in the negotiations process. All of this is not conducive to substantive negotiations being held with Volker," Pogrebinsky said. 

The only chance, Pogrebinsky noted, is if President Donald Trump gives the envoy a specific assignment, with the diplomat "simply forced to carry out this task." 

For his part, US politics watcher Viktor Olevich told Vzglyad that Volker's appointment to take Nuland's place in Ukraine suggests that the Trump administration does not plan to "seriously change its approach to the Ukraine issue."


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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)

Maybe Senator McCain offered Donald a cookie?

The only thing he'll get from anybody even distantly affiliated with McCain is something stuck up his, and our, behinds. When is this stupid shit going to end?

rlk  posted on  2017-07-08   17:09:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: hondo68 (#0)

McCain Institute for International Leadership

It's like reading The Onion.

I can't believe Trump and Tillerson are so naive as to let a brand-name McStain proxy act as an (alleged) peace negotiator.

Tooconservative  posted on  2017-07-08   17:10:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: rlk (#1)

" When is this stupid shit going to end? "

But, but, but, Trump is supposed to be a genius. Didn't you hear that he plays 24 D Chess ? / SARC

Si vis pacem, para bellum

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

Never Pick A Fight With An Old Man He Will Just Shoot You He Can't Afford To Get Hurt

I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur

Stoner  posted on  2017-07-08   17:41:30 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Stoner (#3) (Edited)

" When is this stupid shit going to end? "

But, but, but, Trump is supposed to be a genius. Didn't you hear that he plays 24 D Chess ?

He started out with some good ideas during his campaign but recanted them and became another half-assed lieing politician. He, and his stupid family members, are going to convert this country into a third world nation.

We have had only one man of quality and depth running for president since Reaeagan. That man was Ross Perot. Unfortunately, he didn't have the tolerance for childish politics inherent in a population of spoiled ignorant brats.

rlk  posted on  2017-07-08   23:43:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: hondo68 (#0) (Edited)

Anthem  posted on  2017-07-09   0:33:04 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Anthem (#5)

Very Funny picture

Si vis pacem, para bellum

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

Never Pick A Fight With An Old Man He Will Just Shoot You He Can't Afford To Get Hurt

I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur

Stoner  posted on  2017-07-09   8:37:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: rlk (#4)

Have to agree with your assessment.

I voted for Perot. Wish we had another one like him!

I voted for Trump. What was the alternative? I told my wife on election night that before his first term was over, that a lot of his voters would be disappointed. There apparently are still a bunch that can not face & admit his shortcommings. They think he walks on water & can / will do no wrong.

But I think there is a growing number that are disappointed with him. Just read today that he is giving away several hundred million dollars to overseas. And another article yesterday where he was giving away 50 million dollars for women business deals in foreign countries - at his daughters suggestion. He keeps this shit up, he will lose more of his supporters. That is all opposite of what he ran on. What happened to AMERICA FIRST ?

Si vis pacem, para bellum

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

Never Pick A Fight With An Old Man He Will Just Shoot You He Can't Afford To Get Hurt

I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur

Stoner  posted on  2017-07-09   10:22:26 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Stoner (#7)

at his daughters suggestion

His daughter is a spoiled dumbass who has lived a life psychologically distanced from reality. What she is married to is worse and represents everything he campaigned against. At times he is acting president and may be grooming himself for the formal position.

rlk  posted on  2017-07-09   12:30:07 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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