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
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
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)