aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Talk on Ukraine and its foreign policy

[Diana Howansky <dhh2@columbia.edu>]

TOMORROW:

The Ukrainian Studies Program will host a lunchtime talk by Volodymyr 
Dubovyk, titled:

“DEVELOPMENTS IN UKRAINE AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY”

WHEN:  Tuesday, February 13 at 12:00 noon
WHERE:  Room 1219, International Affairs Building, Columbia University,
420 W. 118th St., New York, NY 10040

After voting in December 2006 to dismiss Boris Tarasyuk, the foreign 
minister of Ukraine, Ukraine’s Parliament then maneuvered to remove the 
president’s power to appoint ministers controlling foreign and defense 
matters. President Yushchenko, with whom Mr. Tarasyuk had been close 
allies, called this move unconstitutional. At the end of January 2007, 
Mr. Tarasyuk finally quit his post, noting that he resigned because a 
constitutional court hearing in the dispute over his position had been 
postponed.

Mr. Dubovyk, in his talk, will discuss how Ukraine’s foreign policy has 
developed and been affected by such recent events, particularly 
considering that Mr. Tarasyuk was a vocal proponent of Ukraine’s closer 
relations with the European Union and NATO. With President Yushchenko’s 
office having declared that it will appoint a successor to Mr. Tarasyuk, 
Mr. Dubovyk will discuss the future of Ukraine’s foreign policy.

Volodymyr Dubovyk is currently a Fulbright Scholar at the Kennan 
Institute’s Wilson Center. He is also Director of the Center for 
International Studies at Odesa I. Mechnikov National University in 
Odesa, Ukraine."

This talk will be moderated by Ambassador Valeriy Kuchinsky, former 
Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations.

-- 
Diana Howansky
Staff Associate
Ukrainian Studies Program
Columbia University
Room 1208, MC3345
420 W. 118th Street
New York, NY  10027
(212) 854-4697
ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu
http://www.harrimaninstitute.org/courses/ukrainian_studies_program.html