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