A US-UA WG Yearly Summit gathering again served to provide Ukraine with an assessment of its performance in six areas of “nation building”. The event, the fourth of its kind and co-sponsored by all of CUSUR”s institutional partners, took place at the University Club of Washington DC on June 16, 2016. It was graced by the presence of two senior Ukrainian government officials: Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman and Deputy Prime Minister Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze.
Speakers included:
| Anders Åslund | Adrian Karmazyn |
| Andrew Bihun | Alexander Kasanof |
| Stephen Blank | Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze |
| Ethan Burger | David Kramer |
| Janusz Bugajski | Lewis Madanick |
| Ariel Cohen | Nadia McConnell |
| Valeriy Chaly | Frank Mermoud |
| William Courtney | William Miller |
| Oleksandr Danyluk | Thomas Murphy |
| Orest Deychakiwsky | Steven Nix |
| Nadia Diuk | John O’Keefe |
| Bohdan Futey | Nolan Peterson |
| Volodymyr Groysman | Alina Polyakova |
| John Herbst | Roman Popadiuk |
| Lev Holubec | Myron Rabij |
| Glen Howard | Joanna Rohozinska |
| Idil Izmirli | Keith Smith |
| Laura Jewett | William Taylor |
| Adrian Karatnycky | Morgan Williams |
Sponsors:
| American Foreign Policy Council | National Democratic Institute |
| Center For US-Ukrainian Relations | Open World Program/Library of Congress |
| Institute Euro-Atlantic Cooperation | Polish Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation [PAUCI] |
| International Republican Institute | US-Ukraine Foundation |
| Konrad Adenauer Stiftung/Ukraine | US-Ukraine Business Council |
Patrons:
| American Foreign Policy Council | Jurkiw Family Fund |
| Heritage Foundation of 1st Security Federal Saving Bank | Self Reliance [NY] Federal Credit Union |
Proceedings:
Focus Session I video: Why a Free, Stable and Prosperous Ukraine Matters-UA Gov”t Perspective. Ambassador Chaliy’s remarks are in English and Prime Minister Groysman’s remarks are in Ukrainian.
Press:
UKRINFORM
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Program:
The event’s program