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/1st 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 1st 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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