Ukraine's Century of Struggle to Secure Independence
A UA Historical Encounters Series Event:
Taking Measure of Milestones in Modern
Ukrainian Military History
1917-2017
DAY ONE
Venue: SHCFR Conference Room/1st Floor
MI-ASU/1777 F Street NW Washington DC
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Registration
12:30 PM – 01:00 PM Focus Session One: Why Measure Must Be Taken
Speaker: Valeriy Chaly [Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States]
01:00 PM – 3:00 PM Panel Session One: Antecedents to the Struggle (1900-1917)
Moderator: Lubomyr Hajda [Senior Advisor to the Director/Harvard Ukrainian Researcher Institute]
Panelists:
Anna Procyk [Professor of History/KBCC/City University of New York]
Pavel Podobyed [Deputy Director/Institute for National Military Historical Monuments]
Hüseyin Oylupinar [Lecturer/International Relations/Izmir University of Economics]
Suggested Topics:
Ukrainian Sich Rifleman [Austro-Hungarian Empire]
Ukrainian Military Club [Russian Empire]
Union for the Liberation of Ukraine [Ottoman Vector]
03:00 PM – 05:00 PM Panel Session Two: A First Effort (1917-1923)
Moderator:
Lada Kolomiyets [Fulbright Visiting Scholar/Penn State University | Taras Shevchenko University]
Panelists:
Mark Von Hagen [Professor of History and Interim Director/Melikian Center/Arizona State University]
Mykhailo Koval’chuk [[Senior Researcher/National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine]
Hakan Kirimli [Professor of History & CRS Director/Bilkent University]
Suggested Topics:
Ukrainska Narodna Respublikanska Armiya (UNRA)
Ukrainska Halychska Armiya (UHA)
Military Formations in Southern Ukraine/Crimean Tatar Aspirations
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Focus Session Two: Preparations for a Second Effort (1921-1939) (Abroad
Speaker: Yaroslav Faizulyn [Research Fellow/National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine]
DAY TWO
Venue: Rockefeller-Petersen Conference Room/2nd Floor
MI-ASU/1777 F Street NW Washington DC
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM Focus Session Two: Preparations for a Second Effort (1921-1939) (In Country)
Speaker:
Serhii Kvit [Stanford University Senior Fellow & Minister of Education of Ukraine 2014-2016]
10:30 AM – 1:30 AM Panel Session Three: A Second Effort (1939-1950)
Moderator:
Jars Balan [Interim Director/Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies/University of Alberta]
Panelists:
Oleksandr Pahirya [Senior Researcher/’Prison on Lonsky Street’ National Memorial Museum]
Volodymyr Vyatrovych [Director/Ukrainian Institute of National Memory]
Vladyslav Hrynevych [Senior Researcher/National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine]
Suggested Topics:
Karpatska Sich
Ukrainska Povstann'ska Armiya (UPA)
Ukrainian Liberators of Auschwitz & Berlin
11:30 AM – 12:00 AM Focus Session Three: In Preparation for a Third Effort (1986-1991)
Speaker: Kostyantyn Morozov [Minister of Defense of Ukraine 1991-1993]
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Lunch
12:30 PM – 02:30 PM Panel Session: The Third Effort (1991-2017)
Moderator:
Orest Deychakiwsky [Senior Policy Advisor (ret.)/CSCE & BOD Member/US-Ukraine Foundation]
Panelists:
Mariana Budjeryn [Research Fellow/ Belfer Center/JFK School/Harvard University]
Leonid Polyakov [Chairman/Board of Experts/Centre for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies]
Phillip Karber [President/Potomac Foundation]
Suggested Topics:
First Years of the Modern Ukrainian Armed Forces/Budapest Memorandum
Peacekeeping Duties in West Africa, the Balkans (IFOR-KFOR) & Iraq
The Russo-Ukrainian Conflict
02:30 PM – 04:30 PM Final Panel Session: What the Future May Hold
Moderator:
Anders Corr [Principal & Chief Editor/Journal of Political Risk]
Panelists:
Gen. Ihor Kolesnyk [Deputy Head/General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces]
Gen. John Abizaid [Special US Military Advisor to President Poroshenko]
Amb. John Herbst [Director/Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center/Atlantic Council]
Suggested Topics:
A Successful Conclusion to the Current Anti-Terror Operation (ATO)
The Ability to Fully Contain Future Threats to Ukraine’s Sovereignty
Leadership in the Black Sea Security Zone/Membership in the Euro-Atlantic Community
4:30 PM – 05:00 PM Final Focus Session: An Exercise Worth Remembering
Speaker: Arsen Avakov [Minister of the Internal Affairs of Ukraine][INVITED]
4:30 PM – 05:00 PM Speakers’ Reception
Venue: CUSUR/AFPC 509 C Street NE Washington DC
Host: Andrew Futey [President/Ukrainian Congress Committee of America]