2025-11-13
27 分钟Donald Trump has prized himself on being the president who ends wars.
But there is one conflict he has failed to make much progress on so far.
That's Russia's war with Ukraine.
The Russian leader Vladimir Putin keeps stonewalling American efforts.
One man who has experienced successfully negotiating with Russia and many other U.S.
adversaries is Roger Carstens.
He was, until earlier this year, the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs.
In plain speak,
that means he was the guy in charge of bringing home Americans wrongfully detained around the world.
He was first appointed to the job by President Trump in 2020.
He spent five years working to free dozens of Americans in often complex deals that took years to negotiate.
From the BBC, I'm Asma Khalid in Washington, DC.
And today on The Global Story,
we speak to Roger Carstens on what it takes to successfully make deals with Russia.
Roger Carstens, it's such a pleasure to have you with us in the studio.
Thank you so much for stopping by.
My pleasure.
Thank you.
Glad to be with you.
You have sat down with some of the United States greatest adversaries.