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Roundtable VI: Ukraine’s Transition to an Established National Identity

 

Roundtable VI: Ukraine’s Transition to an Established National Identity was held on September 27 and 28, 2005 in Washington, D.C. The conference brought together government and key non-government representatives of Ukraine, the United States and Ukraine’s several neighbors as well as experts from academia to evaluate Ukraine’s ability to develop a “firm center of gravity as a nation/state” and to define a “distinct sense of place in global affairs”, particularly in the aftermath of its historically significant performance during the “Orange Revolution”.

Speakers included:

Anders Åslund Marcus Micheli
Anton Buteiko Levan Mikeladze
Zbigniew Brzezinski Hryhoriy Nemyria
Ariel Cohen Steven Nix
Oleksandr Derhachov Jan Pieklo
Mark von Hagen Steven Pifer
Adrian Karatnycky Myroslav Popovych
Valeriy Khmelko Maris Riekstins
David Kramer James Sherr
Nicholas Krawciw Orest Subtelny
F. Stephen Larrabee E. Anthony Wayne
Nita Lowey Celeste Wallander
Nelson Ledsky Oleh Zarubinsky
Richard G. Lugar Mykola Zhulinsky
Volodymyr Maistryshyn Pryzemyslav Zurawski vel Grajewski

Sponsors:

American Foreign Policy Council New York University/LAP
Columbia University/ISE Ukrainian Central Information Service
Congressional Ukrainian Caucus Ukrainian Congress Committee of America
Embassy of Ukraine to the United States Ukrainian National Information Service
Harvard University/BSSP US Library of Congress
International Republican Institute U.S.-Ukraine Business Council
Johns Hopkins University/SAIS U.S.-Ukraine Foundation
National Democratic Institute

Patrons:

Heritage Foundation at First Security Federal Savings Bank Ivanofrankivskcement
International Renaissance Foundation American Foreign Policy Council
Self Reliance [NY] Federal Credit Union Self Reliance [NJ] Federal Credit Union
Philip Morris Ukraine Ukrainian Future Credit Union
Ukrahroleasing Self Reliance [Chicago] Federal Credit Union
Alpinainvestbud

Steering Committee:

Please note the UA Quest Roundtable Steering Committees are listed here.

Proceedings/Presentations:

Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs E. Anthony Wayne’s remarks, delivered on September 27, 2005
Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski’s 1st day keynote address: Ukraine’s Transition to an Established National Identity and the Orange Revolution, delivered on September 27, 2005
European Security Chair/RAND Corp. F. Stephen Larrabee’s remarks, delivered on September 27, 2005
Ambassador of Georgia to the United States Levan Mikeladze’s remarks, delivered on September 28, 2005
Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia to the United States Maris Riekstins’ 2nd day keynote address, delivered on September 28, 2005
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Steven Pifer’s remarks, delivered on September 28, 2005
Fellow of the Conflict Studies Research Centre/Defence Academy of the United Kingdom James Sherr’s presentation, delivered on September 28, 2005
Acting Chairman of the UA Parliamentary Committee for European Integration Oleh Zarubinskyi’s remarks, delivered on September 28, 2005
Director of the Hryhoriy Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy/Shevchenko National Academy of Sciences Myroslav Popovych’s remarks, delivered on September 28, 2005

Press:

Article entitled Roundtable VI Begins in Washington DCannouncing the commencment of the proceedings
Article entitled Strong Affections for Ukraine from Indiana at Roundtable VI detailing Senator Richard G. Lugar’s (R-IN) participation
Note that the following report/interview is available in text and video on the Voice of America news site: Interview with UA Dep. Foreign Minister Anton Buteiko (in Ukrainian)

Program:

The event’s program