Kurt Volker

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(spook, deep state operative, diplomat)
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Born1962
Pennsylvania
Alma materTemple University, George Washington University
Spouse • Karen Volker
• Ia Meurmishvili
Member ofMcCain Institute

Kurt Douglas Volker is an American diplomat who was the United States Permanent Representative to NATO and executive director of the McCain Institute for International Leadership, which trains future world leaders to be US assets.[citation needed] He worked in a volunteer capacity as the United States Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations under the Trump-administration from 2017 until his resignation on September 27, 2019. He is mentioned several times as an important US person to meet in Integrity Initiative leaks, where II leader Chris Donnelly was scheduled to meet him on 20 September (2016?).[1] He speaks English, Hungarian, Swedish, and French.[citation needed]

Activities

Volker's intelligence ties shows throughout his career, in his positions, his connections and in his interest areas. he After a short tenure as a CIA analyst, in 1988, Volker officially joined the United States Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer in the United States Foreign Service (presumably still working for the CIA under diplomatic cover). While in the Foreign Service, he was in various assignments overseas including London and Brussels, and the US Embassy in Budapest (1994–1997). Volker was special assistant to the United States special envoy for Bosnia negotiations, Richard Holbrooke.

Volker served as a legislative fellow on the staff of Senator and deep state capo John McCain from 1997 to 1998. In 1998, he became first secretary of the US mission to NATO, and in 1999 he was sent to Deputy Director of NATO Secretary-General George Robertson's private office, serving in that position until 2001.

He then became acting director for European and Eurasian Affairs for the National Security Council. In that capacity he was in charge of US preparations for 2004 Istanbul summit of NATO members and the 2002 Prague summit. In July 2005, Volker became the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, serving in that position until he was appointed United States Permanent Representative to NATO in July 2008 by President George W. Bush. Volker served in that position from July 2, 2008 to May 15, 2009.

Volker went into the private sector in 2009, using the swing door where public servants get rewarded for services rendered after they (officially) retire, becoming an independent director at The Wall Street Fund Inc where he worked until 2012. He was a member of the board of directors at Capital Guardian Funds Trust beginning in 2013. Volker was also an independent director at Evercore Wealth Management Macro Opportunity Fund until 2012.

Volker served as a senior advisor at McLarty Associates, a global consulting firm from 2010–2011. In 2011, he joined BGR Group, a Washington-based lobbying firm and investment bank, where he currently serves as a managing director in the firm's international group. He then became executive director of Arizona State University's McCain Institute for International Leadership when it was launched in 2012. He resigned in 2019.

On July 7, 2017, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appointed Ambassador Kurt Volker as the US Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations.[22][23] Volker accompanied Tillerson on his trip to Ukraine two days later. On September 27, 2019, Volker resigned from this official, yet volunteer, position.

He has been a Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies since September 2009, and a Senior Advisor at the Atlantic Council since October 2009. Volker is currently listed as a trustee at the CG Funds Trust, and a member of the board of trustees at The Institute for American Universities College in Aix-en-Provence. He is also a member of the board of directors at The Hungary Initiatives Foundation. In addition, Volker is a member of the Atlantic Partnership with such deep state power brokers as Senator Sam Nunn, Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of Defense William Cohen, and Charles Powell (UK) among others.

Marriages

In June 2019, Volker married Georgian journalist for Voice of America Ia Meurmishvili. He was previously married to Karen Volker, with whom he had two sons.


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
A World in Flux: The Future of Democracy Europe and the Middle East12 September 201713 September 2017Georgia
Tbilisi
Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia with a host of spooky participants
Bratislava Global Security Forum/2022"Building Resilience in a Divided World"
Brussels Forum/200620062006Belgium
Brussels
Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
Brussels Forum/200920 March 200922 March 2009Belgium
Brussels
Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
Brussels Forum/2013Belgium
Brussels
Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA-close German Marshall Fund.
Brussels Forum/201421 March 201424 March 2014Belgium
Brussels
Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA-close German Marshall Fund. The theme in 2014 was A World in Transition
Brussels Forum/201723 March 201725 March 2017Belgium
Brussels
Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA-close German Marshall Fund. The overarching theme was "‘End of Complacency – Era of Action?"
Brussels Forum/20188 March 201810 March 2018Belgium
Brussels
Annual 3 day spooky get-together of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and German Marshall Fund. Discussed the "Fight for Economic Equality".
Halifax International Security Forum/200920 November 200922 November 2009Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Spooky conference in Canada in November 2009
Halifax International Security Forum/201020 November 201022 November 2010Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Spooky conference in Canada in November 2010
Halifax International Security Forum/201118 November 201120 November 2011Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Spooky conference in Canada in November 2010
Halifax International Security Forum/201221 November 201223 November 2012Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Spooky conference in Canada discussing the "New Normal" and Western nations' "special burden".
Halifax International Security Forum/2013Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Spooky conference in Canada
Halifax International Security Forum/201421 November 201423 November 2014Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Spooky conference in Canada in November 2014
Halifax International Security Forum/2015Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Spooky conference in Canada
Halifax International Security Forum/201618 November 201621 November 2016Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Spooky conference in Canada
Halifax International Security Forum/201717 November 201719 November 2017Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Spooky conference in Canada
Halifax International Security Forum/2018Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Spooky conference in Canada
Halifax International Security Forum/202020 November 202022 November 2020Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Annual spooky conference in November, this year held online instead of in Canada due to Covid lockdowns.
Halifax International Security Forum/2021Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Spooky conference in Canada
Halifax International Security Forum/202218 November 202220 November 2022Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Halifax International Security Forum/202317 November 202319 November 2023Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Spooky conference in Canada in November 2023
Munich Security Conference/200920092009Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 45th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20105 February 20107 February 2010Germany
Munich
Bavaria
An anti-war demonstration outside described it as "Nothing more than a media-effectively staged war propaganda event, which this year had the purpose of justifying the NATO troop increase in Afghanistan and glorifying the continuation of the war as a contribution to peace and stability."
Munich Security Conference/20114 February 20116 February 2011Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 47th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201431 January 20142 February 2014Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 50th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201717 February 201719 February 2017Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 53rd Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201812 February 201814 February 2018Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 54th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201915 February 201917 February 2019Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 55th Munich Security Conference, which included "A Spreading Plague" aimed at "identifying gaps and making recommendations to improve the global system for responding to deliberate, high consequence biological events."
Munich Security Conference/202014 February 202016 February 2020Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 56th Munich Security Conference, in 2020, "welcomed an unprecedented number of high-ranking international decision-makers."
Munich Security Conference/202218 February 202220 February 2022Germany
Munich
Bavaria
Slightly less than 1/3 of the 664 of the participants have pages here
Munich Security Conference/202416 February 202418 February 2024Germany
Munich
Bavaria
Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists - in their own bubble, far from the concerns of their subjects
Many thanks to our Patrons who cover ~2/3 of our hosting bill. Please join them if you can.


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