UA Quest for Mature Nation Statehood Roundtable XVI: Ukraine and the ‘National Minorities’ Question took place on October 1st, 2015 in Washington, D.C. The conference was the first in a new and vital trilogy of forums-a set of discussions dedicated to exploring Ukraine’s ethnic, religious and social cohesiveness.
Speakers included:
| Margarita Assemova | Phillip Kaplan |
| Ayla Bakkalli | Mark P. Lagon |
| Ivanka Bilych | William Miller |
| Valeriy Chaly | Jan Pieklo |
| Refat Chubarov | Yaroslav Pylynskyi |
| Colin Cleary | William Miller |
| Eugene Czolij | Roman Popadiuk |
| Orest Deychakiwsky | Kostyantyn Romanyuk |
| Nadia Diuk | Lada Roslycky |
| Katie Fox | Vlad Spânu |
| Fr. Leo Goldade | Oksana Syroyid |
| Paul Goble | Peter Zalmayev |
| Laura Jewett | Josef Zissels |
Sponsors:
| American Foreign Policy Council | Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) |
| Center for US-Ukrainian Relations | National Democratic Institute |
| Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation | Open World Program |
| International Republican Institute | Polish Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation (PAUCI) |
Patrons:
| American Foreign Policy Council | Self Reliance NY FCU |
| Center for US-Ukrainian Relations | Selfreliance Ukrainian-American FCU Foundation |
| Self Reliance Cleveland FCU | Ukrainian National FCU |
| Self Reliance NJ FCU | UCCA Illinois Division |
Steering Committee:
Please note the UA Quest Roundtable Steering Committees are listed here.
Proceedings/Presentations:
GC/EAJC Chair Josef Zissels’s PPT presentation
UA-IAE Senior Fellow Yaroslav Pylynsky’s featured remarks and PPT presentation
Moldova Foundation Pres. Vlad Spanu’s PPT presentation
CSCE Senior Policy Advisor Orest Deychakiwsky’s featured remarks
Ukrainian World Congress Pres. Eugene Czolij’s featured remarks
Press:
Ukrainian World Congress Press Release
Ukrainian World Congress news item
Embassy of Ukraine in the United States of America news item
Program:
The event's program
Speaker Bios:
Short biographies of the the participants are available.
Photos:
Ukraine and the ‘National Minorities’ Question Photo Report