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Program: Ukraine and the Question of Social Cohesion

Ukraine's Quest for Mature Nation Statehood

Roundtable XVIII: Ukraine and the Issue of Social Cohesion

Date: Oct 12, 2017

Venue: 1777 F Street NW/1^st Floor Conference Hall/Washington DC 20006

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Registration

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM                 First Focus Session

Theme: State of Social Cohesion in Ukraine — View from the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Chair:             Tamara Olexy [Head/Nat. Bureau/Ukrainian Congress Committee of America]

Speaker:         Andrii Levus [Chair/State Sec. Sub Committee/Nat. Sec. & Defense Comm.]

10:30 AM - 12:15 PM First Panel Discussion

Theme: Taking Measure of Actual & Potential Social Divisions in Ukraine

Moderator: Adrian Karmazyn [Special Advisor/US-Ukraine Foundation]

Panelists: Adrian Karatnycky [Senior Fellow/Atlantic Council of the United States]
Herman Pirchner [President/American Foreign Policy Council]
Glen Howard [President/Jamestown Foundation]
Lewis Madanick [Senior Program Manager/Open World Leadership Center]
Myroslava Gongadze [Ukrainian Services Bureau Chief/Voice of America]

Suggested Topics:
Class
State vs. Civil Society
Civilian Vs. Military
Linguistic/Cultural
Gender

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM Lunch

12:45 PM - 1:30 PM Second Focus Session

Theme: State of Social Cohesion in Ukraine — View from Ukrainian Civil Society

Chair: Roman Popadiuk [Nat. BOD Chairman//World Affairs Councils of America]

Speaker: Josef Zissels [Founding Member/December 1^st Initiative Group]

1:30 PM - 3:15 PM                    Second Panel Discussion

Theme: Can a Value-Based National Agenda Help Heal Ukraine's Social Fissures?

Moderator:     Janusz Bugajski [Senior Research Fellow/Center for European Policy Analysis]

Panelists:        Luke Coffey [Director/Allison Center on Foreign Policy/Heritage Foundation]
Anders Aslund [Senior Fellow/Atlantic Council of the United States]
Phillip Karber [President/Potomac Foundation]
Orest Deychakiwsky [Senior Policy Advisor [ret.]/US Helsinki Commission]
William Taylor [Executive Vice President/United States Institute of Peace]

Suggested Agenda:
Developed Democratic Polity
Mature Market Economy
Fully Articulated Security Posture
Mechanisms for Social Amelioration
Established Yet Tolerant National Identity

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Final Focus Session

Theme: State of Social Cohesion in Ukraine — View from Ukrainian Academia

Chair: Mykola Hryckowian [DC Bureau Chief/Center for US-Ukrainian Relations]

Remarks: Julia Osmolovska [Vice President/Academician Mykhailevych Foundation]

Host Moderator:

Walter Zaryckyj/Executive Director Center for US-Ukrainian Relations

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