Discussions

New Kyiv Security Forum online discussion “How to protect the Euro-Atlantic path of the countries of our region” will be broadcasted on November 20, 2020 at 12 pm.The two important regional shifts will be at the center of this discussion: the victory at the Presidential election in Moldova of pro-European political leader Maia Sandu and the continuation of civil resistance of the Belarusian society against the Lukashenko regime.How to protect the European aspirations of Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and other nations of our region? Why we can not put up with Ukraine's passivity in the region and why do we need an active regional policy? How to unite pro-European forces in the region? How to counter Russia together? How to strengthen the role of the West?

How to protect the Euro-Atlantic path of the countries?

What do the latest statements and terrorist actions of the Russian dictator indicate and how are they perceived in the world?What should be the reaction of the international community?What will be the beginning of the collapse of the Russian Empire and what future awaits Russia?What responsibility should Russia bear for crimes against humanity and how to overcome the global challenge of rashism?Our speakers:- Miriam Lanskoy, Senior Director for Russia and Eurasia at the National Endowment for Democracy. - Michael Khodarkovsky, Professor of History at Loyola University Chicago. - James Sherr OBE, Senior Fellow of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute. - Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chairman of the Kyiv Security Forum. - Danylo Lubkivsky, Director of the Kyiv Security Forum.

What will happen to Russia?

How does the world assess the progress of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the frontline?

Participants:- Olha Stefanishyna - Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration;- Jacek Czaputowicz - Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland in 2018-20;- Alexander Vershbow - Distinguished Fellow of the Atlantic Council, NATO Deputy Secretary General in 2012-16;- Arseniy Yatsenyuk - Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2014-16, the Chairman of the Kyiv Security Forum;- Danylo Lubkivsky - Director of the Kyiv Security Forum.

KSF: Europe Day in Ukraine

Participants:- Harry Kasparov - well-known Russian opposition figure and public leader, international human rights activist, publicist, and chairman of the International Human Rights Foundation;- Michael McFaul - well-known American diplomat and a leading world expert on Russia and the United States' foreign policy. Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia and now Director of the Freeman-Spoley Institute for International Studies at Stanford University;- Viola von Cramon-Taubadel - well-known German politician, a member of the European Parliament and the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee;- Arseniy Yatsenyuk - Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2014-16 and Chairman of the Kyiv Security Forum;- Danylo Lubkivskyi - Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Diplomatic Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2014-16, Director of the Kyiv Security Forum (moderator of the discussion).

KSF Online Discussion: What To Do With Russia?

- How will the election of a new US President affect relations with Ukraine? - Will the current government of Ukraine be able to become an adequate partner of the new American administration? - What tasks should the new agenda of Ukraine and the United States contain? - How will the United States act on Russia? - How to act together against the aggression of the Kremlin and to restore our territorial integrity? - What should be the new policy of the West towards our part of Europe? - How will the new global security policy of the United States be formed?Participants:- Dr. Michael Carpenter, The Managing Director of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement;- Alina Polyakova, The President of the Center for European policy analysis (CEPA);- Amb. John Herbst, The Director of the Eurasia Center of the Atlantic Council, the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine in 2003-06;- Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, The Chairwoman of Ukraine’s Rada Committee on the EU integration;- Elizaveta Yasko, The member of Ukraine’s Rada Committee on Foreign Affairs;- Arseniy Yatsenyuk, The Chairman of the Kyiv Security Forum and the Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2014-16;- Danylo Lubkivsky, The Director of the Kyiv Security Forum.

Ukraine and the United States: Plan for Strategic Partnership

Participants of the discussion:- Victoria Nuland, Senior Counselor at the Albright Stonebridge Group and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, the U.S. Ambassador to NATO in 2005-2008 and the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs in 2013-2017;- Omid Nouripour, Member of the German Bundestag, Spokesperson on foreign affairs of the Alliance 90/The Greens;- Natalia Popovych, Ukrainian activist and expert, Co-founder of Ukraine Crisis Media Center, Founder of One Philosophy Group;- Kostyantyn Yeliseev, Chairman of New Solutions Center, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine in 2007-10, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the European Union in 2010-15 and the Diplomatic Advisor of the President of Ukraine in 2015-19;- Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukrainian politician, the Chairman of the Kyiv Security Forum and the Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2014-2016;- Danylo Lubkivsky, Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine in 2014, the Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2015-16 and the Member of the Board of Open Ukraine Foundation.

What to Do With Russia?

Participants of the discussion:- Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, the member of the US House of Representatives and the Co-chair of the US Congressional Ukraine Caucus;- Dr. Michael Carpenter, the Managing Director of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement;- Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, the former NATO Deputy Secretary General;- Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the Chairman of the Kyiv Security Forum and the Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2014-2016;- Danylo Lubkivsky, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine in 2014 and member of the Board of Open Ukraine Foundation (moderator). Open Ukraine

Position of the West: Sanctions Against Russia

Participants of the discussion #webksf:Oleksii Reznikov, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporary Occupied Territories, member of Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Deputy of the Head of delegation in the Minsk trilateral contact group;Duncan Allan, British diplomat and strategist, Associate Fellow, Chatham House;Ambassador Kurt Volker, US Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations (2017-2019), Distinguished Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA);Nico Lange, German politician, Chief of Executive Staff, Federal Ministry of Defense, Germany;Alya Shandra, expert in international relations, Chief Editor at Euromaidan-Press;Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chairman of the Kyiv Security Forum, Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2014-16;Danylo Lubkivsky, former Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine and member of the Board of Open Ukraine Foundation (moderator).

The Minsk Conundrum: Western Policy and Russia’s War against Ukraine

Online discussion of the Kyiv Security Forum&nbsp; When will Ukraine finally join NATO? The Results of NATO 2023 Summit in VilniusAmbassador Kurt Volker U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations in 2017-19. Andrius Kubilius Member of the KSF Security Council, Prime Minister of Lithuania in 1999-2000 &amp; 2008-12. Ambassador John Herbst Director of Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council. Arseniy Yatsenyuk Chairman of the Kyiv Security Forum. Danylo Lubkivsky Director of the Kyiv Security Forum. &nbsp;