Program-Compelling Bilateral Ties/Germany-Ukraine & Russia-Ukraine

Ukraine’s Quest for Mature Nation Statehood Roundtable XI:
Compelling Bilateral Ties/Germany-Ukraine & Russia-Ukraine

October 20-21, 2010
Washington, D.C.

Day 1

Venue: Russell Senate Office Building Hearing Room 325 [Sponsored by Senator Richard Lugar]

6:30 PM – 9:00 PM Roundtable Opening Remarks Dinner

Chair:

• Katie Fox (National Democratic Institute)

Featured Speaker:

• Oleksandr Horyn (Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine)
• Daniel Russell (Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs)
• Jorge Zukoski (President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine)
• Taras Kuzio (Fellow of the Center for Transatlantic Relations/Johns Hopkins University)

DAY 2

Venue: Dirksen Senate Office Building Hearing Room GR50 [Sponsored by Senator John Kerry]

8:15 AM – 9:00 AM Registration

9:00 AM – 9:10 AM Word of Welcome from HE Oleksandr Motsyk (Ambassador of Ukraine to the US)

9:10 AM – 9:35 AM Morning Highlight Focus Session

Theme: German-Ukrainian & Russian-Ukrainian Relations – Perspective of the UA Parliamentary Majority

Chair:

• Lewis Madanick (Open World Program/Library of Congress)

Featured Speaker:

• Yuri Myroshnychenko (Verkhovna Rada/Party of Regions)

9:35 AM – 10:35 AM Roundtable Plenary Session I

Theme: German-Ukrainian Relations – Reviewing the Past

Moderator:

• Orest Deychakivsky (CSCE)

Panelists:

• Andreas Umland(Kyiv-Mohyla Academy)
• Yuri Scherbak (Institute for Sustainable Development)

Lead Discussant:

• Yaroslav Bilinsky (University of Delaware)

10:35 AM – 11:50 AM Roundtable Plenary Session II

Theme: German-Ukrainian Relations – Assessing the Present

Moderator:

• Samuel Charap (Center for American Progress)

Panelists:

• Friedbert Pflüger (CDU/King’s College London)
• Serhiy Shevchuk (Verkhovna Rada)

Lead Discussant:

• Bruce Jackson (Project on Transitional Democracies)
• Nadia Diuk (National Endowment for Democracy)

11:50 AM – 1:05 PM Roundtable Plenary Session III

Theme: German-Ukrainian Relations – Pondering the Future

Moderator:

• William Courtney (CSC)

Panelists:

• Nico Lange (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)
• Valentyn Nalyvaichenko (Onovlennya Krainy)

Lead Discussant:

• Oleksandr Sushko (Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation)
• Jan Bugajski (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

1:05 PM – 1:35 PM Lunch

[Press Interview Space Available]

1:35 PM – 2: 00 PM Afternoon Highlight Focus Session

Theme: German-Ukrainian & Russian-Ukrainian Relations – The Perspective of the UA Political Opposition

Chair:

• William Miller (Senior Scholar/Woodrow Wilson International Center)

Featured Speakers:

• Hryhoriy Nemyria (Foreign Policy Advisor to BYuT Electoral Bloc Leader Julia Tymoshenko)

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Roundtable Plenary Session IV

Theme: Russian-Ukrainian Relations – Reviewing the Past

Moderator:

• Bohdan Futey (US Court of Federal Claims)

Panelists:

• Alexander Berdnikov (RU Strategic Culture Foundation)
• Volodymyr Viatrovych (NU/KMA)

Lead Discussant:

• Herman Pirchner (AFPC)

3:00 PM – 4:15 PM Roundtable Plenary Session V

Theme: Russian-Ukrainian Relations – Assessing the Present

Moderator:

• Steven Blank (US Army War College)

Panelists:

• Gennady Shorokhov (RF Duma)
• Borys Tarasyuk (Verkhovna Rada)

Lead Discussant:

• Steven Larrabee (RAND Corporation)
• Volodymyr Dubovyk (Odessa National University)

4:15 PM – 5:30 PM Roundtable Plenary Session VI

Theme: Russian-UA Relations – Pondering the Future

Moderator:

• James Greene (Atlantic Council)

Panelists:

• Matt Rojansky (Carnegie Endowment Russian Program)
• Oleh Rybachuk (Suspilnist’)

Lead Discussant:

• Ilan Berman (AFPC)
• Keith Smith (CSIS)

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Roundtable Closing Remarks Ceremony

Chair:

• Steven Nix (International Republican Institute)

Featured Speaker:

• Ariel Cohen (Heritage Foundation)
• Marik String (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Patrons’ Reception [By Invitation Only]

Hosts:

• Embassy of Ukraine to the United States & UA Quest RT Series Steering Committee