Roundtable IX
Ukraine’s Regional Commitments
Date
October 15-16, 2008
Event
UA Quest Roundtable IX: Ukraine’s Regional Commitments was held on October 15-16, 2008 in Washington DC. The conference brought together government and key non-government representatives from Ukraine, Canada, the US and the EU as well as Ukraine’s several “Southern” and “Eastern” neighbors to examine and evaluate Ukraine”s capacity to play a constructive guiding role in its “general geographic vicinity”, commensurate with its potential political and economic dimensions.
SPEAKERS
- Anders Aslund
- Nadia K. McConnell
- Zeyno Baran
- Agshin Mehdiyev
- Iryna Bekeshkina
- William Miller
- Stanislaw Belkowski
- Malkhaz Mikeladze
- Ilan Berman
- Michael J. Ochs
- Andriy Bihun
- John O’Keefe
- Oleksandr Biletsky
- Angelos Pangratis
- Krzysztof Bobinski
- Jan Pieklo
- Robert Boehme
- Steven Pifer
- Ian Brzezinski
- Andrejs Pildegovics
- Nicolae Chirtoaca
- Andrei Piontkovsky
- Ariel Cohen
- Will Pomeranz
- William H. Courtney
- Herman Pirchner
- Orest Deychakiwsky
- Francois Rivasseau
- Nadia Diuk
- Yuri Scherbak
- Jeff Goldstein
- Nabi Sensoy
- Ihor Hrushko
- Yuri Sergeyev
- Kostyantyn Hryshchenko
- Oleh Shamshur
- Volodymyr Ihnashchenko
- Vitaly Shelest
- Marina Kats
- Keith Smith
- Nico Lange
- Vlad Spanu
- Lewis Madanick
- Oleksandr Sushko
- Volodymyr Makukha
- Celeste A. Wallander
- Marek Matraszek
- Pawel Zalewski
SPONSORS
- American Foreign Policy Council
- Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
- Atlantic Council of the United States
- Johns Hopkins University/SAIS
- Center For US-Ukrainian Relations
- National Democratic Institute
- Congressional Ukrainian Caucus
- Open World Program/Library of Congress
- Columbia University/ECEC
- Polish Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation [PAUCI]
- Embassy of Ukraine to the United States
- US-Ukraine Business Council
- International Republican Institute
- US-Ukraine Foundation
Patrons
- Aerosvit
- Center for US-Ukrainian Relations
- Capital System Management
- American Foreign Policy Council
- PBN
- Marko & Ulya Suprun
- Self Reliance [NY] Federal Credit Union
- SUMA Yonkers Federal Credit Union
- Heritage Foundation at First Sec. Fed. Savings Bank
- Self Reliance [Cleveland] Federal Credit Union
STEERING COMMITTEE
- Please note the UA Quest Roundtable Steering Committees are listed here.
PRESENTATIONS/PROCEEDINGS
- Obama Presidential Campaign Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Celeste Wallander’s featured remarks (video format), delivered on October 16, 2008
- McCain Presidential Campaign Senior National Security Advisor Ian Brzezinski’s featured remarks (video format), delivered on October 16, 2008
- RTS Chair Keenan Institute Senior Scholar [Amb.-Ret.] William Miller’s featured remarks (video format), delivered on October 16, 2008
- Deputy Head of the EU Mission to the US Angelos Pangratis’ featured remarks
- Moldova Foundation President Vlad Spanu’s featured remarks
PRESS
- Communities on Open World Program announcing participation in the event
- Note that the following reports and interviews are available in text, video and audio on the Voice of America news site:
- Interview with Dr. Oleksandr Sushko (in Ukr.)
- Interview with Amb. Kostyantyn Hryshchenko (in Ukr.)
PROGRAM
View the event program here
SPEAKER BIOS
Short biographies of the participants are available.