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Program-Compelling Bilateral Ties/Poland-Ukraine & Turkey-Ukraine

Ukraine’s Quest for Mature Nation Statehood Roundtable XII:
Compelling Bilateral Ties/Poland-Ukraine & Turkey-Ukraine

October 19-20, 2011
Washington, D.C.

Day 1

Venue: Russell Senate Office Building/RM-325

6:30 PM – 10:00 PM Roundtable Opening Remarks Dinner

Chair:

Herman Pirchner (American Foreign Policy Council)

Words of Welcome:

  • Namik Tan (Ambassador of Turkey to the United States)
  • Maciej Pisarski (Deputy Chief of Mission/Polish Embassy to the United States)
  • Oleksandr Motsyk (Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States)

First Featured Speaker:

  • Baxter Hunt (Director of Ukraine, Moldava, Belarus/US State Department)

Theme: ‘Europe Whole, Free and Prosperous’ as a Strategic Interest of the United States

Second Featured Speaker:

  • James Sherr (REA Program Director/Royal Institute of International Affairs)

Theme: Is Europe Still Committed to Being Whole, Free and Prosperous?

Day 2

Venue: Capitol Hill Senate Visiting Center Rooms 210-212

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Highlight Focus Session I

Theme: Seeking a Europe Whole, Free and Prosperous as a Strategic Goal of Ukraine/A Word from the UA Government

Chair:

  • Vadym Prystaiko (Embassy of Ukraine to the United States)

Featured Speaker:

  • Yevhen Burkat (Deputy Head of the Dept. of Euro-Integration/Administration of the POU)

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Roundtable Plenary Session I

Theme: Polish-Ukrainian Relations-Reviewing the Past

Moderator:

  • Jan Bugajski (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Panelists:

  • Krysztof Bobinski (Unia & Polska)
  • Serhiy Plokhyi (Harvard University)

Suggested Topics:

  • Speakers’ Choice

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Roundtable Plenary Session II

Theme: Polish-Ukrainian Relations-Assessing the Present

Moderator:

  • John O’Keefe (Open World Leadership Program/LOC)

Panelists:

  • Janusz Onyszkiewicz (Poland-Ukraine Cooperation Forum)
  • Borys Tarasyuk (Verkhovna Rada Committee on Euro-Integration)

Suggested Topics:

  • Trade/Energy Security/Common “European Home” Paradigm

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Roundtable Plenary Session III

Theme: Pondering the Future of Polish-Ukrainian Relations

Moderator:

  • Ariel Cohen (Heritage Foundation)

Panelists:

  • Jan Pieklo (Polish Ukrainian Cooperation Initiative/PAUCI)
  • Oleh Rybachuk (New Citizen)

Suggested Topics:

  • Revisiting the “Baltic-Black Sea Condominium” Notion

12:30 PM – 1:15 PM Highlight Focus Session II

Theme: Seeking a Europe Whole, Free and Prosperous as a Strategic Goal of Ukraine/A Word from the UA Political Opposition

Moderator:

  • Nico Lange (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung/Ukraine)

Featured Speakers:

  • Hryhoriy Nemyria (Deputy Leader of the “BUT-y “ Electoral Bloc)
  • Volodymyr Ariev (Leading Member of the “National Self Defence” Electoral Bloc)
  • Valentyn Nalyvaichenko (Head of the “Our Ukraine” Political Council)

1:15 PM – 1:45 PM Lunch

[Press Interviews Available]

1:45 PM – 2:30 PM Highlight Focus Session III

Theme: The Global Benefits of Achieving a Europe Whole, Free and Prosperous

Chair:

  • Nadia Diuk (National Endowment for Democracy)

Featured Speakers:

  • Former US National Security Advisor Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Roundtable Plenary Session IV

Theme: Turkish-Ukrainian Relations-Reviewing the Past

Moderator:

  • F. Steven Larrabee (RAND)

Panelists:

  • Hakan Kirimli (Bilkent University)
  • Lubomyr Hajda (Harvard University)

Suggested Topics:

  • Speakers’ Choice

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Roundtable Plenary Session V

Theme: Turkish-Ukrainian Relations-Assessing the Present

Moderator:

  • Keith Smith (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Panelists:

  • Mehmet Samsar (Consul General of Turkey in NY)
  • Serhiy Korsunsky (Ambassador of Ukraine to Turkey)

Suggested Topics:

  • Trade-Energy Security-Common “European Home” Paradigm

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Roundtable Plenary Session VI

Theme: Pondering the Future of Turkish-UA Relations

Moderator:

  • William Courtney (CSC)

Panelists:

  • Diba Nigar Göksel (European Stability Initiative/Turkish Policy Quarterly)
  • Oleksandr Sushko (Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation)

Suggested Topics:

  • Creating a “New Silk Road”

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Highlight Focus Session IV/Closing Remarks Ceremony

Theme: Seeking a Europe Whole, Free and Prosperous as a Strategic Goal of Ukraine/A Word from the Global Ukrainian Hromada

Chair:

  • Tamara Gallo-Olexy (President of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America)

Featured Speaker:

  • Stefan Romaniw (General Secretary of the World Congress of Ukrainians)

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Patrons’ Reception

Host:

  • UA Quest RT Steering Committee