"Ukraine in the World" Conference in DC
Robert A. De Lossa
rdelossa at husc.harvard.edu
Mon Dec 2 19:39:39 UTC 1996
Vel'myshanovni/Mnogouvazhaemye Seelanzhane,
I would like to make you aware of the following. Not really lang. or lit.,
but I think it will be of interest to all those interested in contemporary
Ukraine. Best wishes, R. De Lossa, URI, Harvard:
As part of its broader program to study developments in Ukraine over the
five years of its independence, the Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard
University will hold a conference entitled =B3Ukraine in the World=B2 in
Washington, DC, on December 12-14. The conference will be devoted to
Ukraine=B9s external relations and to issues of security over the period
1991-96. It is timed to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the national
referendum on independence and the diplomatic recognition of Ukraine by the
United States and other countries.
The conference is held in conjunction with the Ukrainian Program of the
Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at George Washington
University, and also in cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine to the
United States. Washington was selected as the venue to allow for maximum
participation by representatives of the US government and its agencies, the
international diplomatic community, policy analysts, and media journalists.
George Washington University is the site of the conference meetings.
The proceedings of the conference, together with additional commissioned
articles, will be subsequently published in a separate volume. Further
meetings will be held in the spring of 1997 to examine Ukraine=B9s domestic
politics, the economy, society, and culture.
A dinner on Thursday, December 12, at the National Press Club, will
feature as keynote speaker Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, currently Counsellor at
the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and former National
Security Advisor to the President of the United States. Dr. Brzezinski is
one of the country=B9s leading experts on the former Soviet Union and its
successor states. He is the initiator of the American-Ukrainian Advisory
Committee which aims to strengthen informal ties between Ukraine and the
US, to encourage informed debate on critical issues facing Ukraine, and to
provide policy recommendations to the US and Ukrainian governments. Dr.
Brzezinski will speak on =B3Ukraine=B9s Place in the Post-Communist World
Order.=B2
The conference will comprise four major sessions. Each session will
feature two Western scholars, who will provide an analytical treatment of
the relevant topic, and a Ukrainian practitioner, who will speak about the
practical experience of dealing with these issues.
The first session will be devoted to =B3Ukraine and Its Neighbors,=B2 with
papers on =B3Ukraine and Russia/CIS=B2 (Dr. Roman Solchanyk, RAND Corp.) and
=B3Ukraine and East-Central Europe=B2 (Dr. Stephen Burant, US Department of
State). The Ukrainian speaker will be the Hon. Borys Tarasiuk, Ambassador
to the Benelux, and former First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine.
The second session will focus on Ukraine=B9s relations with the East. The
presentations will include =B3Ukraine, Turkey, and the Black Sea Region=B2 (=
Dr.
Duygu Sezer, Bilkent University, Ankara) and =B3Ukraine, Israel, and the
Middle East=B2 (Dr. Oles Smolansky, Lehigh University). Ukraine=B9s Ambassad=
or
to Israel, the Hon. Oleksandr Maydannyk, will provide the Ukrainian
perspective.
=B3Building Bridges to the West=B2 is the subject of the third session. Dr.
Olga Alexandrova (Federal Institute for Eastern and International Studies,
Cologne) will speak on =B3Ukraine and Western Europe.=B2 The topic of =B3Ukr=
aine
and the United States=B2 will be treated by Dr. Sherman Garnett (Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace and formerly Acting Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia). The Ukrainian
discussant will be Anton Buteyko, First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine.
The fourth session will concentrate on =B3Military Affairs and Security
Issues.=B2 Dr. John Jaworsky (University of Waterloo) will address the issue
of =B3Ukraine=B9s Armed Forces and Military Policy.=B2 Dr. Stephen Larrabee =
(RAND
Corp.) will discuss =B3Ukraine=B9s Emerging Role in Regional and Global
Security.=B2 Gen. Ihor Smehko (Director of Strategic Planning and Analysis a=
t
the National Security Council of Ukraine, and formerly Military Attach=E9 at
the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington) will present the viewpoint from
Ukraine.
The luncheon speaker on December 12 will be Volodymyr Lytvyn, who will
analyze the =B3Domestic Imperatives of Ukraine=B9s Foreign Policy.=B2=
Invited to
speak at the December 13 lunch is the Hon. William G. Miller (US Ambassador
to Ukraine), who will provide =B3An American Perspective from Kyiv on
US-Ukrainian Relations.=B2
On Saturday, December 14, a roundtable on =B3Ukrainian-US Relations=B2 will=
be
held at the Embassy of Ukraine. Ukraine=B9s Ambassador to the US, the Hon.
Dr. Yuri Shcherbak, will open the discussion with a talk on: =B3The Path
toward Strategic Cooperation between Ukraine and the US.=B2 The other
participants will include representatives of the governments of Ukraine and
the United States. A luncheon, hosted by Ambassador Shcherbak, will follow.
For further information on the conference, please contact Dr. Lubomyr
Hajda, Associate Director, Ukrainian Research Institute, 1583 Massachusetts
Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138. Tel.: 617-495-9828 or 495-4053. Fax:
617-495-8097.
The precise program follows:
=09
UKRAINE=ADFIVE YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE
=B3UKRAINE IN THE WORLD=B2
Conference
December 12-14, 1996
Washington, DC
*PROGRAM*
Ukrainian Research Institute
Harvard University
1583 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
tel. 617-495-4053 fax. 617-495-8097
internet: huri at fas.harvard.edu
UKRAINE--FIVE YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE
Ukraine in the World
Conference
organized by the Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University in
conjunction with the Ukrainian Program of the Institute for European,
Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University and in
cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine to the United States
December 12-14, 1996
Washington, DC
Program
All sessions, unless otherwise indicated, held at George Washington
University, Stuart Hall, Founders (Room 103), 2013 G Street.
Thursday, December 12 (morning)
9:00=AD12:00 Opening remarks: Roman Szporluk (Director, Ukrainian Research
Institute)
Session 1: Ukraine and Her Neighbors
Chair: Zenovia Sochor (Clark University and Ukrainian Research Institute) =
=09
1) =B3Ukraine and Russia/CIS=B2
Roman Solchanyk (RAND Corp.)
2) =B3Ukraine and East-Central Europe=B2
Stephen Burant (US Department of State)
Discussant: Hon. Borys Tarasiuk (Ambassador of Ukraine to Benelux,formerly
=46irst Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine)
12:00=AD2:00 Lunch: George Washington University Club, 800 21st Street
=09
Welcoming remarks: President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, George Washington
University
Speaker: Volodymyr Lytvyn (Chief Aide to the President of Ukraine)
=B3Domestic Imperatives of Ukraine=B9s Foreign Policy=B2
Thursday, December 12 (afternoon)
2:00=AD5:00 Session 2: New Relations with the East
Chair: Muriel Atkin (George Washington University)
1) =B3Ukraine, Turkey and the Black Sea Region=B2
Duygu Sezer (Bilkent University, Ankara)
=09
2) =B3Ukraine, Israel and the Middle East=B2
Oles Smolansky (Lehigh University)
Discussant: Hon. Oleksandr Maydannyk (Ambassador of Ukraine to Israel)
7:30 Dinner: National Press Club, 14th & F Street
Speaker: Zbigniew Brzezinski (Counselor, Center for Strategic
and International Studies, and former National Security Advisor to the
President of the United States)
=B3Ukraine=B9s Place in the Post-Communist World Order=B2
=46riday, December 13 (morning)
9:00=AD12:00 Session 3: Building Bridges to the West
Chair: Angela Stent (Georgetown University)
1) =B3Ukraine and Western Europe=B2
Olga Alexandrova (Bundesinstitut f=FCr ostwissenschaftliche und
internationale Studien, Cologne)
2) =B3Ukraine and the United States=B2
Sherman Garnett (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Discussant: Anton Buteyko (First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine,
Member of Parliament)
=09
12:00=AD2:00 Lunch: George Washington University Club, 800 21st Street
Speaker: Hon. William G. Miller (US Ambassador to Ukraine)
=B3US-Ukrainian Relations: An American Perspective from Ukraine=B2
=46riday, December 13 (afternoon)
2:00=AD5:00 Session 4: Military Affairs and Security Issues
Chair: Teresa Rakowska-Harmstone (Ukrainian Research Institute)
1) =B3Ukraine=B9s Armed Forces and Military Policy=B2
John Jaworsky (University of Waterloo, Canada)
=09
2) =B3Ukraine=B9s Emerging Role in Regional/Global Security=B2
Stephen Larrabee (RAND Corp.)
Discussant: Gen. Ihor Smeshko (Director of Strategic Planning and Analysis,
National Security Council of Ukraine)
=09
Concluding remarks: James R. Millar (Director, Institute for European,
Russian and Eurasian Studies)
Saturday, December 14
The Embassy of Ukraine, 3350 M Street
9:00=AD12:00 Roundtable Discussion: =B3Ukrainian=ADUS Relations,=B2 with
the participation of representatives of the governments of Ukraine
and the United States
12:00 Lunch
____________________________________________________
=46rom:
Robert De Lossa
Director of Publications
Ukrainian Research Institute
Harvard University
1583 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
617-496-8768 tel. 617-495-8097 fax.
"rdelossa at fas.harvard.edu"
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