CUSUR US UA Working Group Inaugural Dinner
Venue Location – University Club/1135 16th Street NW/Washington DC
Time – 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Participants
Political/Diplomatic Affairs:
- Borys Tarasyuk US-UA WG Member/UA]
- William Miller [US-UA WG Chair/US]
- William Taylor
- David Kramer
- Bill Schneider
- Taylor Ruggles
- Herman Pirchner
- Walter Zaryckyj
Economic Affairs:
- Ariel Cohen [US-UA WG Chair]
- Jock Mendoza Wilson [US-UA WG Member]
- Keith Smith
- Andrew Bihun
- Morgan Williams
- Bohdan Kurczak
- Bohdan Savycky
- Mykola Hryckowian
Security Affairs:
- Valeriy Chalyi [US-UA WG Chair/UA]
- James Greene [US-UA WG Chair/UA]
- Fran Burwell
- Stephen Blank
- Vitalij Garbar
- Stephen Larrabee
- Oksana Shulyar
- Arthur Hryhorowych
Humanitarian Affairs:
- Yuri Scherbak [US-UA WG Chair/UA]
- Bohdan Futey [US-UA WG Chair/UA]
- Steven Nix
- Kate Fox
- Bohdan Futey
- Nadia McConnell
- Mykhailo Sawkiw
- Olexandr Oleksandrovyh
Featured Speakers (in order of presentation):
- Valeriy Chaly (UA WG Security Affairs Chair) [Fmr. UA Dep. Foreign Minister]
- Jock Mendoza Wilson (UA WG Economic Affairs Member) [Communications Dir.-SCM]
- Yuri Scherbak (UA WG Humanitarian Affairs Chair) [Fmr. UA Amb. to the US and CA]
- Borys Tarasyuk (UA WG Diplomatic Affairs Member) [Fmr. UA Foreign Minister]
Themes:
- The Overall State of Affairs in Ukraine
- The First Hundred Days of the VFY Adm.
- Where is the Yanukovych Adm. Heading From Here?
- The State of UA-US Relations
- The State of UA-EU Relations
- The State of UA-NATO Relations
- The Emerging UA-RU Entente (its scope and size)
- What is the State of the Opposition Now?
- Where will the Opposition be in Six Months?
- How can the US-UA WG concretely help UA?
Special Guests:
- Mr. Taylor Ruggles (Special Assistant to the Vice President for Europe and Eurasia)
- William Schneider (Fmr. Chairman of the US Defense Science Board)
AFPC/CUSUR Organizing Committee
- Herman Pirchner
- Jeff Smith
- Walter Zaryckyj
- Mykola Hryckowian