Projects
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US-UA Security Dialogue IX Washington, DC March 8, 2018 US-UA BNS Special Event Washington DC May 10, 2018 US-UA WG Yearly Summit VI Washington, DC June 14, 2018
US-UA Energy Dialogue VI Kyiv, Ukraine August 31, 2018 UA HES Special Event: "Legacy of the UNR" New York City September 22, 2018 UA QUEST RT XIX Washington, DC October 18, 2018
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US-UA “Working Group” Initiative
The US-Ukraine “Working Group” Initiative was launched in 2007 in order to secure an array of experts in "areas of interest” for CUSUR and its various forums/proceedings; at the same time, it was hoped that the ‘experts’ might agree to write a series of ‘occasional papers’ to identify “major issues” impacting on US-Ukrainian relations. |
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Publication Efforts
Recognizing the urgent need to set up proper channels for the maximum circulation of the information/analysis CUSUR possessed or had at its disposal, the Center long focused on having ‘a publication presence’ of some form or another. |
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DC Occasional Briefings Series
CUSUR did not turn its attention to having a DC presence until summer 2012. Borrowing space when the need arose (particularly for various forum steering committees meetings) from the American Foreign Policy Council, its longest abiding partner, seemed to suffice; an Acela ride from the Center’s NY office did the rest. If there was a concern, it was to open an office in Kyiv. |
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Program: US-Ukraine Security Dialogue III |
US-Ukraine Security Dialogue III
Assessing Ukraine/NATO Relations on the Eve of the Chicago NATO Summit
Conference & Banquet
Ukrainian Cultural Center
Chicago, IL
May 19, 2012
Conference Program
Venue: Ukrainian Cultural Center Chicago, Illinois
11:00 - 11:30 AM Registration
11:45 AM Opening remarks by:
- Conference Steering Committee Chair
- US Senator Mark Kirk [Invited]
- US Senator Richard Durbin [Invited]
12:15 AM Roundtable 1: Perceptions of Ukraine in a Strategic Framework
Moderator:
- Walter Zaryckyj, Executive Director, Center for US-Ukrainian Relations
Panelists:
- US Perspective - John Herbst (Washington DC), Former Ambassador of the United States to Ukraine, Director of the Complex Operations Center, National Defense University
- European Perspective - Amanda Paul (Brussels) Policy Analyst & Program Executive, Administrator of EPC Programs on EU's Eastern Neighborhood, Turkey & the Eurasia Region, European Policy Centre
- Canadian Perspective - Andrew Robinson (Ottawa) Former Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Patterson School of International Affairs, Carelton University
- Ukrainian Perspective - Valentyn Nalyvaichenko (Kyiv) Chairman, Political Council of “Our Ukraine”;Former Head, Security Service of Ukraine; Former Member, National Security & Defense Council of Ukraine.
Discussant:
- Russian Perspective - James Sherr (London) Senior Fellow, Russian and Eurasia Program, Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) ; Member, Faculty of Social Studies at Oxford University.
2:30 PM Coffee Break
2:45 PM Roundtable 2: Review of Ukraine/NATO cooperation. Whence the breakdown?
Moderator:
- Ihor Kozak - Canadian NATO Officer (ret.), International Relations Liaison, League of Ukrainian Canadians
Panelists:
- US Perspective - Steven Larrabbee (Washington DC) European Security Chair, RAND
- Canadian Perspective - Lubomyr Luciuk (Kingston ON) Professor of Political Geography at the Royal Military College of Canada
- European Perspective - James Sherr (London) Senior Fellow, Russian and Eurasia Program, Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) ; Member, Faculty of Social Studies at Oxford University.
- Ukrainian Perspective – Oleksandr Sushko (Kyiv), Research Director, Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation
Discussant:
- Russian Perspective - Jan Pieklo, Director, Polish Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation/PAUCI
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM Closing remarks
- Steering Committee Member
6:00PM Banquet Reception
6:45 PM Banquet
- Greetings from two members of US Congress, Democrat and Republican, and two members of Canadian Parliament.
7:30 PM Invocation (English and Ukrainian language, respectively)
- Catholic and Orthodox clergy
7:45 PM Dinner
9:00PM Benediction (English and Ukrainian language, respectively)
- Catholic and Orthodox clergy
9:15 PM Keynote
Keynote:
- Volodymyr Ohryzko (Former Foreign Minister of Ukraine) in English and Ukrainian
Topic: Ukraine's Quest for Nation-Statehood: Perceptions of the West from Ukraine's point of view (from Brest Litovsk to NATO/Bucharest)
9:45PM Reading out communique of Conference Steering Committee
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