Ukraine's Quest for Mature Nation Statehood
Roundtable XVIII: Ukraine and the Issue of Social Cohesion
Date: Oct 12, 2017
Venue: 1777 F Street NW/1st Floor Conference Hall/Washington DC 20006
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Registration
9:45 AM – 10:30 AM First Focus Session
Theme: State of Social Cohesion in Ukraine — View from the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Chair: Tamara Olexy [Head/Nat. Bureau/Ukrainian Congress Committee of America]
Speaker: Andrii Levus [Chair/State Sec. Sub Committee/Nat. Sec. & Defense Comm.]
10:30 AM – 12:15 PM First Panel Discussion
Theme: Taking Measure of Actual & Potential Social Divisions in Ukraine
Moderator: Adrian Karmazyn [Special Advisor/US-Ukraine Foundation]
Panelists: Adrian Karatnycky [Senior Fellow/Atlantic Council of the United States]
Herman Pirchner [President/American Foreign Policy Council]
Glen Howard [President/Jamestown Foundation]
Lewis Madanick [Senior Program Manager/Open World Leadership Center]
Myroslava Gongadze [Ukrainian Services Bureau Chief/Voice of America]
Suggested Topics:
Class
State vs. Civil Society
Civilian Vs. Military
Linguistic/Cultural
Gender
12:15 PM – 12:45 PM Lunch
12:45 PM – 1:30 PM Second Focus Session
Theme: State of Social Cohesion in Ukraine — View from Ukrainian Civil Society
Chair: Roman Popadiuk [Nat. BOD Chairman//World Affairs Councils of America]
Speaker: Josef Zissels [Founding Member/December 1st Initiative Group]
1:30 PM – 3:15 PM Second Panel Discussion
Theme: Can a Value-Based National Agenda Help Heal Ukraine's Social Fissures?
Moderator: Janusz Bugajski [Senior Research Fellow/Center for European Policy Analysis]
Panelists: Luke Coffey [Director/Allison Center on Foreign Policy/Heritage Foundation]
Anders Aslund [Senior Fellow/Atlantic Council of the United States]
Phillip Karber [President/Potomac Foundation]
Orest Deychakiwsky [Senior Policy Advisor [ret.]/US Helsinki Commission]
William Taylor [Executive Vice President/United States Institute of Peace]
Suggested Agenda:
Developed Democratic Polity
Mature Market Economy
Fully Articulated Security Posture
Mechanisms for Social Amelioration
Established Yet Tolerant National Identity
3:15 PM – 4:00 PM Final Focus Session
Theme: State of Social Cohesion in Ukraine — View from Ukrainian Academia
Chair: Mykola Hryckowian [DC Bureau Chief/Center for US-Ukrainian Relations]
Remarks: Julia Osmolovska [Vice President/Academician Mykhailevych Foundation]
Host Moderator:
Walter Zaryckyj/Executive Director Center for US-Ukrainian Relations