Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic Future: International Forum I was held in Kyiv, at the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine, on June 11-13 2007. The three-day conference heard more that 80 government and non-governmental representatives from among Ukraine's neighbors and partners speak to the gathering. Nearly 320 interested individuals registered to be participants in the event.

 

Kyiv Forum Monograph - 2.2 MB -

Note that Dr. Ariel Cohen's "Ukraine's Economic Benefits from Integration into the Euro-Atlantic Community" presentation delivered on June 12, 2007 is available at the following page of The Heritage Foundation's website: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/hl1045.cfm as Heritage Foundation Lecture #1045.

Thesis: Europe and its humanistic tradition have always been central to Ukrainian civilization, and Ukraine has been indispensable for Europe. Regardless of whether Ukraine ultimately joins the European Union or the WTO, it will benefit from those extensive domestic reforms, as Turkey has done on its path to European integration.

Opening remarks by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Volodymyr Khandohiy [Ukr.]

Closing remarks by Dep. Secretary of the UA Nat. Security & Defense Council Ihor Drizhchany [Ukr.]

UK Defence Academy Fellow James Sherr's featured remarks (delivered by Merle Maigre of the UA NATO Office)

Turkish Ambassador Erdogan Iscan's featured remarks

Video documentary reporting on Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic Future: International Forum I - 13.6 MB - (primarily in Ukrainian)

Reprint of an Ukrinform article entitled Ukraine on Its Way to Intellectual Trans-Atlantic Integration: Kyiv Hosts Representative International Forum “Euro-Atlantic Future of Ukraine”

Reprint of a New Europe—The European Weekly article entitled NATO ready to back [UA] integration with Europe

Reprint of a Політика і час article entitled Євроатлантичне майбутнє України [Ukr.]