Roundtable VIII: Ukraine-European Union Relations, took place on Oct 16 and 17, 2007 in Washington, D.C. The conference heard nearly seventy government and non-government speakers, a veritable Who’s Who of policy shapers and policymakers with a deep and thorough knowledge of Ukraine’s links to the EU, examine and evaluate Ukraine’s capacity to “thrive alongside” its great Western neighbor as well as its readiness, if asked to join, to eventually “thrive inside” it.Speakers included:
| Anders Aslund | Friedemann Muller |
| Oleksander Biletsky | Hryhoriy Nemyria |
| Ellen Bos | John O’Keefe |
| Audrius Bruzga | Angelos Pangratis |
| Zbigniew Brzezinski | Hyrhoriy Perepylitsya |
| Krzysztof Bobinski | Jan Pieklo |
| Igor Chalupec | Herman Pirchner |
| Ariel Cohen | Janusz Reiter |
| Keith Crane | Yuri Scherbak |
| Joao de Vallera | Oleh Shamshur |
| Volodymyr Dubovyk | Steven Sestanovich |
| Bohdan Futey | Klaus Scharioth |
| Michael Gahler | James Sherr |
| Kostyantyn Hryshchenko | Roman Shpek |
| Rastislav Kacer | Tom Spellman |
| Yevhen Kaminsky | Bohdan Sokolowsky |
| Volodymyr Kosterin | Olexandr Sushko |
| Nico Lange | Olexandr Todiychuk |
| David Kramer | Borys Tarasyuk |
| Taras Kuzio | Celeste Wallander |
| William Miller | Andrii Veselovski |
Sponsors:
| American Foreign Policy Council | Konrad Adenauer Stiftung |
| Atlantic Council of the United States | Johns Hopkins University/SAIS |
| Center For US-Ukrainian Relations | National Democratic Institute |
| Congressional Ukrainian Caucus | New York University /LAP |
| Columbia University/ECEC | Polish Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation |
| Democratic Initiatives Foundation | The Washington Group |
| Embassy of Ukraine to the United States | UA Center for Strategic Studies |
| Harvard University/BSSP | US-Ukraine Business Council |
| Hollywood Trident Group | US-Ukraine Foundation |
| International Republican Institute |
Patrons:
| Aerosvit | Center for US-Ukrainian Relations |
| Delta | Atlantic Council of the United States |
| LOT Polish Airlines | American Foreign Policy Council |
| Ukraine International Airlines | International Renaissance Foundation |
| Self Reliance [NY] Federal Credit Union | US-Ukraine Business Council |
| Heritage Foundation at First Security Federal Savings Bank | TD International |
| Self Reliance [Cleveland] Federal Credit Union | Halliburton |
| Ukrainian National Federal Credit Union | Vanco Energy |
Steering Committee:
Please note the UA Quest Roundtable Steering Committees are listed here.
Proceedings/Presentations:
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Kramer’s plenary remarks, delivered on October 16, 2007
United States Federal Claims Court Judge Bohdan Futey’s plenary remarks, delivered on October 16, 2007
Ambassador of Portugal to the United States Joao de Vallera’s focus session presentation, delivered on October 17, 2007
Ambassador of Lithuania to the United States Audrius Bruzga’s plenary remarks, delivered on October 17, 2007
Ukraine’s Head of Delegation to the EC/Ambassador Roman Shpek’s plenary remarks, delivered on October 17, 2007
Deputy Head of the Delegation of the EC to the US Angelos Pangratis’ focus session presentation, delivered on October 17, 2007
Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski’s second day keynote address (transcript), delivered on October 17, 2007 (video [29.8 MB] with Q&A [19.1 MB] and a Ukrainian translation are also available)
Senator Joseph Biden’s CRC statement, read on October 17, 2007