US-Ukraine Security Dialogue​ 2021 - Day 1 Livestream #USUASD2021

Video Description

The 12th annual US-Ukraine Security Dialogue, entitled Divining the New Administration’s Approach to Ukraine’s Most Pressing Security Issues, was held online on Wednesday-Thursday, March 3-4, 2021. This Zoom webinar, scheduled to run as four-hour segments on consecutive days is dedicated to gauging how the Biden national security and foreign policy team might deal with, and hopefully aid, Ukraine’s efforts to thwart military threats, threats of political subversion, undue economic/energy pressures and varied disinformation campaigns. The gathering will also give prominence, as tradition would have it, to considering why Ukraine’s security still matters both to its neighbors and the world at large. The complete program (subject to change), along with a list of invited speakers, can be viewed here: https://ucca.org/usuasd2021-full-brochure-v3/ Day 1 speakers included: - Walter Zaryckyj - Executive Director of the Center for US-Ukrainian Relations - Amb. Volodymyr Yelchenko, Embassy of Ukraine in the USA / Посольство України в США - Congressman Andy Levin (D-MI), Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, House Committee on Foreign Affairs Theme: "What the New Administration Should Understand About The Security Needs of Ukraine" - Amb. William Taylor, Vice President, Strategic Stability and Security at the United States Institute of Peace - Yulia Laputina Мінветеранів - Minister for Veterans Affairs of Ukraine Theme: "How Might the New Administration Aid Ukraine in Securing Itself Against Internal Subversion" - Herman Pirchner - President of the American Foreign Policy Council - Hanna Hopko - Board Chair of Мережа захисту національних інтересів "А Н Т С" - Amb. Dan Fried - Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council - Adrian Karatnycky - Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council Theme: "How Might the New Administration Aid Ukraine in Securing Itself Against External Aggression" - Amb. John Herbst - Eurasia Center Director at the Atlantic Council - Oleksander Lytvynenko - Director of the Національний інститут стратегічних досліджень / National Institute of Strategic Studies - LTG (ret.) Ben Hodges - Chair in Strategic Studies at Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) - Stephen Blank - Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute - Melinda Haring - Eurasia Center Deputy Director at the Atlantic Council This full-day conference was a collaborative effort of the: - Center for U.S.-Ukrainian Relations (CUSUR) http://www.usukrainianrelations.org/ - American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) https://www.afpc.org/ - Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA) https://ucca.org/ Attendees were able to participate free of cost due to the generous contributions of the: - Self Reliance New York Federal Credit Union -https://www.selfrelianceny.org/ - Heritage Foundation of the First Security Federal Savings Bank https://uaheritagefoundation.org/ - BCU Foundation of the Toronto-based Buduchnist Credit Union https://bcufoundation.com/ - the Jurkiw Family Fund Archives of past conference video live-streams can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/UCCA.org/videos