Projects
US-UA Security Dialogue XII Washington, DC [Webcasting] March 3-4 5, 2021 US-UA BNS (Forum XI) New York City [ [Webcasting] April 15, 2021 US-UA WG Yearly Summit IX Washington DC [Webcasting] June 17-18, 2021
US-UA Energy Dialogue SE Kyiv [Webcasting] August 30, 2021 UA HES Special Event: Ukraine at 30 Year Retrospective Ukrainian Institute of America September 26, 2021
UA QUEST RT XXII Washington, DC University Club October 14, 2021
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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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Kyiv Seminars for UA Officials
The several visits of young, fresh minded, reform oriented UA military commanders and national security analysts to various top flight foreign policy think tanks and institutes of higher diplomatic or military learning in DC (prompted in good part by CUSUR invitations to its Occasional Briefings) in the latter part of 2014 prompted the UA MOD to propose a slightly different arrangement for similar discussions/conversations in 2015. CUSUR was asked to see if key members of its US-UA Working Group might not be interested in spending a week of their time engaged in discussions in Kyiv ‘devoted to the art of strategic & tactical planning in the face of a new form of warfare not yet understood by the most able students of military science’. A number of the Center’s partner organizations were approached as well. The response by all parties involved was in the affirmative. And a plan was hatched with the understanding that matters needed to be expedited sooner rather than later. CUSUR (and its closest partner, the AFPC) agreed to organize at least three visits to Ukraine (2015, 2016, 2017). The head of CUSUR’s Washington Bureau, Mykola Hryckowian, was involved in the first excursion; AFPC President Herman Pirchner was involved in the second and the third. The last (June 2017) included representatives from a number of the finest think tanks in DC: American Foreign Policy Council; Jamestown Foundation; Hudson Institute; Heritage Foundation and the Potomac Foundation. Their work proved extremely fruitful and confirmed that all parties were ready for a more formal ‘follow-up’ arrangement—a set of ‘lectures/colloquia’ conducted in Kyiv for Ukraine’s top level ‘security’ personnel. In 2017, CUSUR (after studying several venues) settled on a venue for the stated project: the Kyiv Diplomatic Academy. During 2018, several dozen senior UA MOD, MVD and NSDC officials were be selected to attend the projected lecture series; equally, several of the finest students of ‘the amendment to the FY2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that authorizes $350 million in security assistance to Ukraine. The spring of 2019 will see the ‘colloquia’ commence their work.
CUSUR was asked to see if key members of its US-UA Working Group might not be interested in spending a week or two of their time engaged in discussions in Kyiv ‘devoted to the art of strategic & tactical planning in the face of a new form of warfare not yet fully understood by the most able students of military science’. A number of the Center’s partner organizations were approached as well.
The response by all parties involved was in the affirmative. And a plan was hatched with the understanding that matters needed to be expedited sooner rather than later.
CUSUR (and its closest partner, the AFPC) agreed to organize at least two of the envisioned visits to Ukraine in mid and late 2015. The head of CUSUR’s Washington Bureau, Mykola Hryckowian, was involved in the first excursion; AFPC President Herman Pirchner, leading a prestigious delegation, was involved in the second. Their work proved extremely fruitful and confirmed that all parties were ready for a more formal ‘follow-up’ arrangement—a set of ‘lectures/colloquia’ conducted in Kyiv for Ukraine’s top level ‘security’ personnel.
In the first months of 2016, CUSUR settled on a venue for the stated project; the choice for a venue has already been narrowed to two contending institutions: the (University of) Kyiv Mohyla Academy or the Kyiv Diplomatic Academy. In 2017, several senior UA MOD, MVD and NSDC officials were selected to attend the projected lecture/colloquia series; equally, several of the finest students of ‘the contemporary art of war’ hailing from the US, Canada and EU have been asked to participate the process as instructors. By summer 2018, the Kyiv ‘Security Seminar’ effort should be up and running. [Final note: Given CUSUR’s anticipated involvement in a Kyiv-centered project, the issue of opening a Kyiv CUSUR office has been raised again. The Center intends to give the matter very serious consideration; it plans to have a feasibility study done on the matter.
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