A special edition UA Quest Special Edition RT: Ukraine’s ‘Report Card’ on the Eve of Parliamentary Elections took place on Sept 19-20, 2012 in Washington, D.C. The conference fused the envisioned work of the first US-UA Leadership Summit with CUSUR’s flagship UA Quest forum series to take measure of Ukraine’s recent progress/regress in six categories: “robust democratic politics, developed market economics, viable social cohesion, ever greater energy security, ever greater general security and an established national identity”. The forum’s ‘Pre Election Report Card’ in its final and verified version is located below.
Speakers included:
| Ilan Berman | Lewis Madanick |
| Andrew Bihun | William Miller |
| Steven Blank | Olexander Motsyk |
| Ariel Cohen | Steven Nix |
| William H. Courtney | John O’Keefe |
| Paula Dobriansky | Jan Pieklo |
| Nadia Diuk | Herman Pirchner |
| Derek Fraser | Leonid Polyakov |
| Bohdan Futey | Oleh Rybachuk |
| Philip Gordon | Edilberto Segura |
| Tamara Gallo-Olexy | James Sherr |
| Jonas Grätz | Keith Smith |
| John Herbst | Oleksandr Sushko |
| Yevhen Hlibovytsky | Borys Tarasyuk |
| Laura Jewett | Andreas Umland |
| F. Stephen Larrabee | Volodymyr Viatrovych |
| Lubomyr Luciuk | Morgan Williams |
| Borys Kushniryk |
Sponsors:
| American Foreign Policy Council | Open World Program/Library of Congress |
| Center For US-Ukrainian Relations | Polish Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation [PAUCI] |
| Embassy of Ukraine to the United States | Ukrainian Congress Committee of America |
| International Republican Institute | Ukrainian National Association |
| Konrad Adenauer Stiftung | Ukrainian National Information Service |
| National Democratic Institute | Ukrainian Weekly |
Patrons:
| American Foreign Policy Council | Center for US-Ukrainian Relations |
| Self Reliance [NY] Federal Credit Union | Self Reliance [NJ] Federal Credit Union |
| Self Reliance [Cleveland] Federal Credit Union | SUMA Yonkers Federal Credit Union |
| Heritage Foundation at 1st Sec. Fed. Savings Bank | Ukrainian Defense Consultants |
| Zenowia & George Jurkiw | Ulya & Marko Suprun |
Steering Committee:
Please note the UA Quest Roundtable Steering Committees are listed here.
Proceedings/Presentations:
Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Oleksandr Motsyk’s word of welcome
Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon’s keynote
The NDI Pre-Election statement [submitted by NDI Eurasia Regional Director Laura Jewett]
A statement by Julia Tymoshenko [submitted by Former UA FM Borys Tarasyuk]
CHESNO Chair Oleh Rybachuk’s information packet
Center for Security Studies/ETH Zurich Research Fellow Jonas Grätz’s presentation
Center to Research the Liberation Struggle in Ukraine Director Dr. Volodymyr Vyatrovych’s featured remarks
Report Card Proper:
Press:
Kyiv Post
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VOA video report [Opening Remarks Dinner]
VOA video report [Forum]
UKRINFORM story
UkraineBusiness report
Program:
The event's program
Speaker Bios:
Short biographies of the the participants are available.
Photos:
Important RT Afterthought:
Chatham House Senior Fellow James Sherr’s article in World Today