US-Ukraine Security Dialogue VIII
Securing Ukraine”s Sovereignty: The Road Ahead
February 14-15, 2017
Program
DAY ONE [Feb 14]
Venue: Embassy of Ukraine to the United States, 3350 M Street
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Evening Dialogue Reception
Host:
- Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Valeriy Chaly
Guest of Honor:
- Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin
Featured Speaker:
- General Wesley Clark
DAY TWO [Feb 15]
Venue: Room LJ-119, Thomas Jefferson Building, US Library of Congress
8:30 am – 9:00 am Registration
9:00 am – 9:25 am Words of Welcome
- Brian Fitzpatrick [US Representative R-PA]
- Sander Levin [US Representative D-MI]
9:25 pm – 9:55 pm Dialogue Opening Remarks Session
Why Ukrainian Security Matters
Chair:
- Valeriy Chaly [Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States]
Speaker:
- Pavlo Klimkin [Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine]
9:55 am – 11:10 am Dialogue Panel Discussion I
Divining Ways to Strengthen Ukraine Militarily
Moderator:
- John Herbst [EAC Director/Atlantic Council of the United States]
Panelists:
- Ihor Smeshko [Col. General/Advisor to the President of Ukraine]
- Phillip Karber [President/Potomac Foundation]
- James Sherr [Senior Fellow/Royal Institute of International Affairs]
11:10 am – 11:15 am Coffee Break
11:15 am – 12:30 pm Dialogue Panel Discussion II
Assessing Ways to Secure Ukraine on the Diplomatic/Political Front
Moderator:
- William Taylor [Executive Vice President/US Institute of Peace]
Panelists:
- Andrii Levus [Chair/Sub Committee on State Security/Rada NS&D Comm.]
- Vlad Socor [Senior Fellow/Jamestown Foundation]
- Luke Coffey [Director/Allison Center for Foreign Policy/Heritage Foundation]
12:30 pm – 12:50 pm Lunch Break [Press Interviews]
12:50 pm – 1:35 pm Working Lunch Featured Presesentation
UA Security & the Incoming Administration
Chair:
- Glen Howard [President/Jamestown Foundation]
Speakers:
- John Falk [Principal/Vigilent Inc.]
- Herman Pirchner [President/American Foreign Policy Council]
1:35 pm – 2:50 pm Dialogue Panel Discussion III
Examining Ways to Bolster Ukraine in Economic/Energy Matters
Moderator:
- Roman Popadiuk [Chair/World Affairs Councils of America]
Panelists:
- Anatolii Matios [Chief Military Prosecutor & Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine]
- Anders Aslund [Senior Fellow/Atlantic Council of the United States]
- Ariel Cohen [Senior Fellow/Institute for the Analysis of Global Security]
2:50 pm – 2:55 pm Coffee Break
2:55 pm – 4:20 pm Dialogue Panel Discussion IV
Contemplating the Means by Which Ukraine Can Withstand
“Info War/History War” Assaults
Moderator:
- William Courtney [BLF Executive Director/RAND Corporation]
Panelists:
- Oleksandr Skrypnyk [Dep. Chair/Rada Committee on Science & Education]
- Stephen Blank [Senior Fellow/American Foreign Policy Council]
- Janusz Bugajski [Senior Fellow/Center for European Policy Analysis]
Special Appearance:
- Brendon Boyle [US Representative D-PA]
4:20 pm – 5:10 pm Dialogue Closing Remarks Session
UA Security & the Next Congress
Chair:
- William Miller [Senior Scholar/Woodrow Wilson International Center]
Speakers:
- Senator Robert Portman [R-OH] [Invited]
- Senator Robert Menendez [D-NJ] [Invited]
Lead Discussant:
- Darrell Owens [National Security Adviser/Sen. Patrick Toomey R-PA]
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Post Dialogue Patrons Reception
Venue: American Foreign Policy Council
Word of Thanks:
- Andrew Futey [President/Ukrainian Congress Committee of America]