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Program: US-Ukraine Security Dialogue III

US-Ukraine Security Dialogue III

Assessing Ukraine/NATO Relations on the Eve of the Chicago NATO Summit

Conference & Banquet

Ukrainian Cultural Center
Chicago, IL
May 19, 2012

Conference Program

Venue: Ukrainian Cultural Center Chicago, Illinois

11:00 – 11:30 AM Registration

11:45 AM Opening remarks by:

  • Conference Steering Committee Chair
  • US Senator Mark Kirk [Invited]
  • US Senator Richard Durbin [Invited]

12:15 AM Roundtable 1: Perceptions of Ukraine in a Strategic Framework

Moderator:

  • Walter Zaryckyj, Executive Director, Center for US-Ukrainian Relations

Panelists:

  • US Perspective – John Herbst (Washington DC), Former Ambassador of the United States to Ukraine, Director of the Complex Operations Center, National Defense University
  • European Perspective – Amanda Paul (Brussels) Policy Analyst & Program Executive, Administrator of EPC Programs on EU’s Eastern Neighborhood, Turkey & the Eurasia Region, European Policy Centre
  • Canadian Perspective – Andrew Robinson (Ottawa) Former Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Patterson School of International Affairs, Carelton University
  • Ukrainian Perspective – Valentyn Nalyvaichenko (Kyiv) Chairman, Political Council of Our Ukraine”;Former Head, Security Service of Ukraine; Former Member, National Security & Defense Council of Ukraine.

Discussant:

  • Russian Perspective – James Sherr (London) Senior Fellow, Russian and Eurasia Program, Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) ; Member, Faculty of Social Studies at Oxford University.

2:30 PM Coffee Break

2:45 PM Roundtable 2: Review of Ukraine/NATO cooperation. Whence the breakdown?

Moderator:

  • Ihor Kozak – Canadian NATO Officer (ret.), International Relations Liaison, League of Ukrainian Canadians

Panelists:

  • US Perspective – Steven Larrabbee (Washington DC) European Security Chair, RAND
  • Canadian Perspective – Lubomyr Luciuk (Kingston ON) Professor of Political Geography at the Royal Military College of Canada
  • European Perspective – James Sherr (London) Senior Fellow, Russian and Eurasia Program, Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) ; Member, Faculty of Social Studies at Oxford University.
  • Ukrainian Perspective – Oleksandr Sushko (Kyiv), Research Director, Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation

Discussant:

  • Russian Perspective – Jan Pieklo, Director, Polish Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation/PAUCI

5:00 PM – 5:15 PM Closing remarks

  • Steering Committee Member

6:00PM Banquet Reception

6:45 PM Banquet

  • Greetings from two members of US Congress, Democrat and Republican, and two members of Canadian Parliament.

7:30 PM Invocation (English and Ukrainian language, respectively)

  • Catholic and Orthodox clergy

7:45 PM Dinner

9:00PM Benediction (English and Ukrainian language, respectively)

  • Catholic and Orthodox clergy

9:15 PM Keynote

Keynote:

  • Volodymyr Ohryzko (Former Foreign Minister of Ukraine) in English and Ukrainian

Topic: Ukraine’s Quest for Nation-Statehood: Perceptions of the West from Ukraine’s point of view (from Brest Litovsk to NATO/Bucharest)

9:45PM Reading out communique of Conference Steering Committee