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:

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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

Reprint of The Washington File article entitled U.S. Optimistic Ukraine Economy, Reforms Are “Back on Track”—State’s Wayne calls on Ukraine to fight corruption, continue trade reforms

Article entitled The Orange Revolution was a Revolution of Hope

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