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Ukraine: A Net Assessment of 16 Years of Independence

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Date:

February 26, 2008

Time:

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Location:

CSIS
1800 K Street NW
B1 Conference Level

Associated Programs:

New European Democracies Project
Russia and Eurasia Program

Related Research Focus:

Europe
Russia & Eurasia

Partner:

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

Description:

 "Ukraine: A Net Assessment of 16 Years of Independence"

AUDIO (mp3, 01:05:22) | VIDEO (01:05:18)

Featuring

Zbigniew Brzezinski, U.S.-EU Partnership Committee for Ukraine Co-Chair and CSIS Counselor and Trustee
Volker Rühe,  U.S.-EU Partnership Committee for Ukraine Co-Chair and former German Defense Minister
Bronislaw Geremek, U.S.-EU Partnership Committee for Ukraine Member and former Polish Foreign Minister
Jan Petersen, U.S.-EU Partnership Committee for Ukraine Member and former Norwegian Foreign Minister

And
 
U.S.-EU Partnership Committee for Ukraine Task Force Directors
Janusz Bugajski, New European Democracies Project Director and Europe Program Senior Fellow, CSIS
Steven Pifer, Senior Advisor, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS
Keith Smith, Senior Associate, Energy Program, CSIS
 
 
The U.S.-EU Partnership Committee for Ukraine, in an event sponsored by The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, will hold a discussion to release a major CSIS report “Ukraine: A Net Assessment of 16 Years of Independence.”  The discussion will take place onTuesday, February 26, from 10:00 am to 11:30 am in the CSIS B1 Conference Center (1800 K Street, NW).

The discussion will feature remarks by Zbigniew Brzezinski, the former U.S. National Security Adviser, and by Volker Rühe, the former Defense Minister of Germany.  Other speakers will include U.S.-EU Partnership Committee members Jan Petersen, the former Foreign Minister of Norway, and Bronislaw Geremek, the former Foreign Minister of Poland, as well as three of the report’s authors.  The speakers’ remarks will focus on Ukraine’s successes and shortcomings since independence.  The speakers will offer their remarks and take questions from the audience.

 
   
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