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 included:
| 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.
Proceedings/Presentations:
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:
Openworld.gov press release entitled Ukrainian Civic Leaders Take Part in Library of Congress Conference; Fan Out to U.S. 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:
The event's program
Speaker Bios:
Short biographies of the the participants are available.
Photos:
Ukraine’s Regional Commitments Photo Report