Frances G. Burwell
fburwell@acus.org
202-778-4970
Assistant Director:
Cynthia Romero
cromero@acus.org
202-778-4990
Joint Press Release on
the Occasion of the First Anniversary of Viktor Yushchenko’s Presidency
“The
U.S. and Ukrainian governments have made considerable progress on
implementing the April 4, 2005 joint statement agreed by Presidents Bush and
Yushchenko, according to an assessment released today by the Foreign Policy
and National Security Task Force of the non-governmental
U.S.-Ukraine Policy Dialogue.”
[Press Release –
full text]
First
Public Appearance of the new Ukrainian Ambassador
;)
On February 7, as part of its continued commitment to the U.S.-Ukraine Policy Dialogue project, the Transatlantic Relations Program hosted a panel discussion on “Ukraine on its Way to Europe”. The event featured the first public appearance of the new Ukrainian ambassador to the United States, H.E. Oleh Shamshur.
In addition, the Council’s task force on Ukraine presented a
paper on
"Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic
Ambitions: Building an Effective Policy Coordination Process" which analyzes Ukrainian foreign policy coordination
structures.
Event Summary
"Ukraine on its Way to Europe"
(coming soon)
Task Force Paper
Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic Ambitions: Building an Effective Policy Coordination Process
This report analyzes the Ukrainian decision-making and policy coordination
structures for Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration policies. It describes the
current challenges and presents clear-cut policy recommendations to improve
Ukrainian interagency coordination at all levels of government.
[English version]
[Ukrainian
version]
[German version] By Steven Pifer with F. Stephen Larrabee, Jan Neutze, and
Jeffrey Simon
Listen to the entire event (coming soon).
Media Coverage:
February 16, 2006
The Washington Diplomat
Article:
New Ukrainian Ambassador Assesses Challenges Ahead, by Anna Gawel
February 8, 2006
Voice of America (Ukrainian Edition)
Oleh Shamshur's Debut in Washington
February 8, 2006
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Ukraine)
On the Atlantic Council event with Oleh Shamshur (in Ukrainian)
U.S.-Ukraine Policy Dialogue
The Atlantic Council serves as one of four working groups within the U.S.-Ukraine Policy Dialogue which is sponsored by the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation. This project brings together Ukrainian and U.S. think tanks to work on issues facing Ukraine during its ongoing transition to democracy.
As the working group responsible for “Foreign and National Security Policy,” the Atlantic Council – together with its Ukrainian partner, the Razumkov Center – organized a series of expert meetings both in Washington, DC and in Kyiv, Ukraine. These meetings are intended to produce a set of policy recommendations in the field of foreign and national security policy which will be presented to both the U.S. administration and the government of President Yushchenko.
Foreign Policy & National Security Recommendations
June 2005 http://www.usukraine.org/gov_action_plan_June05.pdf
November 2005 http://www.usukraine.org/fp_action_plan_Nov05.pdf
Media Coverage
April 7, 2006
June 15, 2006
The Kyiv Post
Article:
Ukrainians are not that easily fooled, By Walter Parchomenko, Ph.D.,
Non-Resident Senior Fellow
The Kyiv Post
Article:
Ukraine at a turning point, again, By Walter Parchomenko, Ph.D.,
Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Policy Dialogue in the Press http://www.usukraine.org/press.shtml
