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Program: US-UA Working Group Inaugural Dinner

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