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Institute of World Policy and the Open Ukraine Foundation of Arseniy Yatsenyuk with the support of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation organised a the Diplomatic Club meeting, participated by leading Ukrainian experts, journalists and diplomats.{12}
During the open session of the Diplomatic Club the final results of a joint experts’ survey on Ukrainian foreign policy activity and understanding of external influences on Ukraine in 2010 conducted by the Institute of World Politics and the Open Ukraine Foundation were announced.
The results were as follows:
The most important developments in the foreign policy of Ukraine in 2010

1 Prolongation of deployment of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on the territory of Ukraine
2 Adoption of “The Law on principles of domestic and foreign policy of Ukraine”. Declaration of Ukraine’s “non-bloc” status.
3 Signing of the EU-Ukraine Action Plan for Visa-Free Regime.
4 Adoption by PACE and the European Parliament Resolutions on Ukraine, in which undemocratic trends are criticized.
5 Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich’s visit to the People’s Republic of China the declaration of intentions to establish Strategic Partnership with China.

Important developments in world politics, which have influenced Ukraine
1 Economic and financial decline in European Union (economic situation in Greece, Portugal, Ireland and Spain).
2 Russia-NATO Council meeting in Lisbon. Rapprochement of Moscow and the Alliance.
3 NATO Lisbon Summit. Adoption of the new Strategic Concept of the Alliance
4 Death of Lech Kaczynsky, President of Poland.
5 Wikileaks’ publishing codified cables of the U.S. diplomats.{1}

Decision-makers whose achievements and actions have had a considerable impact on Ukraine
1 Dmitriy Medvedev. Signing Kharkiv Agreements.
2 Vladimir Putin. Backing the interests of Russia in gas trade. Suggestion to found “Gazprom-Naftogaz” joint venture.
3 Hillary Clinton. The first among the Western leaders to warn Ukraine on authoritarian trends.
4 Jerzy Buzek. Adoption of the Resolution on the situation in Ukraine by the European Parliament.
5 Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Re-confirming the Bucharest Declaration principles.

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In the presentation took part Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin, Ambassador of France to Ukraine Jacques Faure, Ambassador of Germany to Ukraine Hans-Jurgen Heimsoeth, Ambassdor Yuriy Shcherbak, ex-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Borys Tarasiuk. {3}
The results of the survey were presented by Director of the Institute of World Policy Alyona Getmanchuk and Director of the Open Ukraine Foundation Ivanna Klympush-Tsyntsadze. Guests of the presentation emphasized the importance of the conducted survey and expressed the hope that it can be put on regular basis. “This is the most reliable survey as 90 experts were interviewed”, Valeriy Chaliy, Ukrainian expert said. Evaluating the foreign policy of Ukraine he mentioned that one “observes the new style in foreign policy”. Prolongation of the deployment of the Russian Fleet is the long-going threat to the national security of Ukraine and Ukrainian-Russian relations. Chaliy negatively sees the declaration of the non-bloc status of Ukraine, as it “will be the obstacle to the Ukraine’s foreign activities in the future”.
{5}Ambassador Yuriy Shcherbak, commenting on the world political events having influenced on the Ukrainian foreign policy stressed that except the events, which were included to Top-5, he would like to pay special attention to the elections to the U.S. Congress, and the win of the Republican Party. He supposes that USA can see Ukraine in the different way in the future.
He claimed that 2010-s will be the period of the “extremely dynamic challenges, which can lead to full-scaled conflicts.”
Well-known Ukrainian journalist Vitaliy Portnikov, commenting on the rating of the world decision-makers, who influenced the Ukrainian foreign policy, said that the rating itself proves that the foreign policy of Ukraine is absent. {7}According to him the only politician, who influence on the Ukrainian foreign policy if Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister. “We have to deal with not policy, but bargains”, he said. “It is not the Ukrainian diplomats’ fault, they are doing their best and only owing to them we have the agreement with EU on facilitation of the visa regime. But our authorities play a different role in our policy and turn it into the bargains and unofficial deals”.
{14}Ex-Minister for Foreign Affairs Borys Tarasiuk pointed out that the majority of the events in the Top-list have negative impact on Ukrainian Foreign Policy. Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin pointed out that the rating caused the active discussion, and contradicted to Borys Tarasiuk, claiming that “the main feature of the Ukrainian foreign Policy 2010 was drive”. {16}{15} “Drive and tight contacts. I think it is a positive sign”, diplomat emphasized.
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Full list of the experts who took part in the survey

1. Aslund Anders
Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (USA)
2. Balanutsa Oleksandr
Deputy Director, United World Foundation (Ukraine)
3. Bekeshkina Iryna
Director, Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Fund (Ukraine)
4 Belitser Nataliya
Expert, Pylyp Orlyk Institute for Democracy (Ukraine)
5.Bystrytsky Evhen
Executive director, International Renaissance Foudation (Ukraine)
6.Buhriy Maksym
Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Public Policy (Ukraine)
7.Chaliy Oleksandr
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, (Ukraine)
8.Chaliy Valeriy
Deputy director, Razumkov Center for Political and Economical Studies(Ukraine)
9.De Spiegeleire Stephan
MSc, the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (the Netherlands)
10. Deychakivskiy Orest
Staff Advisor, US Helsinki Commission (USA)
11 Dzherdzh Serhiy
Head, Ukraine-NATO Civil League (Ukraine)
11. Fesenko Volodymyr
Director, Kyiv Gorshenin Institute of Managemnt Problems (Ukraine)
12. Finko Anton
Political expert, Kyiv Center for Political and Conflict Studies (Ukraine)
13. Fisher Sabine
Research fellow, EU Institute for Security Studies (France)
14. Getmanchuk Alyona
Director, Institute of World Policy (Ukraine)
15. Glebov Serhiy
Expert, Center of International Studies of the Mechnikov Odessa National University (Ukraine)
16. Greene James
Senior Adviser, Ukraine-USA Business Council, ex-Head of the NATO Liaison Office in Kyiv (USA)
17. Haran Oleksiy
Political analyst, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Ukraine)
19.Honchar Mykhailo
Expert of Energy Programs, NOMOS Center (Ukraine)
20. Horbach Volodymyr
Expert, Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation (Ukraine)
21. Jarabik Balazs
Head, PACT Ukraine, Associate fellow of FRIDE
22. Jeglinski Nina
Correspondent, DPA Agency (Germany)
23.Kaczynski Piotr Maciej
Research fellow, Center for European Policy Studies (Belgium)
24.Karasov Vadym
Director, Institute of Global Strategies (Ukraine)
25.Karatnytsky Adrian
Senior Analyst, the U.S. Atlantic Council (USA)
26.Klympush-Tsyntsadze Ivanna
Director, Open Ukraine Foundation (Ukraine)
27.Kokoshynsky Oleh
Vice-President, Atlantic Council of Ukraine
28.Kolomiyets Оleksiy
President, Center of the European and Transatlantic Studies (Ukraine)
29.Kovacz Roland
Director, UNITER
30.Krapivin Oleksandr
Expert, National Institute of the Strategic Studies
(Donetsk, Ukraine)
31. Kravchenko Volodymyr
International Observer, “Mirror Weekly” Weekly (Ukraine)
32.Kucharczyk Jacek
President of the Executive Board, Institute of Public Affairs (Poland)
33. Kulyk Vitaliy
Director, Institute of the Civic Society Problem Studies (Ukraine)
34. Lange Niko
Director, Kyiv Office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Germany)
35. Lutsenko Anatoliy
Director, GMT Group (Ukraine)
36. Lymar Yulia
Editor-in Chief, GLAVCOM Information-Analytical Agency (Ukraine)
37. Lytvynenko Oleksandr
Deputy Director, National Institute for Strategic Studies (Ukraine)
38. Martsinovskii Anatoliy
Observer, “Gazeta po Ukrainski” (Ukraine)
39. Matuszak Slawomir
Expert of the Ukraine, Belarus and Baltic States Department, Centre for Eastern Studies (Poland)
40. Melnyk Oleksiy
Leading expert, Razumkov Center for Political and Economical Studies(Ukraine)
41. Michnik Adam
Editor-in-Chief, “Gazeta Wyborcza” (Poland)
42. Motyl Alexander
Professor, Rutgers University-Newark (USA)
43. Ogryzko Volodymyr
ex-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
44. Onyshkiv Yuriy
Observer, KyivPost (Ukraine)
45.Opgenorth Mark
Staff Officer, Russia and Ukraine Section, Political and Security Policy Division, NATO HQ
46. Paliy Oleksandr
Expert, PhD (Ukraine)
47. Pidluska Inna
Director, Yalta European Strategy (YES) (Ukraine)
48. Poliakov Leonid
Expert, Center of the Army Studies, Conversion and Disarmament (Ukraine)
49. Portnikov Vitaliy
Editor-in-Chief, TVi Channel (Ukraine)
50. Potyekhin Oleksandr
Director, Center for Peace, conversion and foreign policy of Ukraine
51. Probytiuk Oleh
Director, InoZMI project, Glavred (Ukraine)
52. Rojansky Matthew
Deputy Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (USA)
53. Rybachuk Oleh
Head, “Center UA” (Ukraine)
54. Savin Kyryl
Director, Kyiv Office of Heinrich Boell Foundation
55. Semeniy Oleksiy
Expert, PhD (Ukraine)
56. Severinsen Hanne
Co-Rapporteur of the Monitor Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe (Denmark)
57. Shamshur Oleh
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Leading Adviser on Investments and State Policy The PBN Company (Ukraine)
58.Shapovalova Olexandra
Expert, Institute of the Foreign Policy by MFA (Ukraine)
59. Shariy Andrey
Journalist, Radio Liberty (Russia)
60. Shcherbak Yuriy
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Ukraine)
61. Shelest Anna
Expert, Regional Branch of the National Institute of the Strategic Studies (Odessa, Ukraine)
62. Sherr James
Director, Russian and Eurasian program, Chatham House (UK)
63. Shlinchak Viktor
Chair of the Supervisory Board, Institute of World Policy (Ukraine)
64. Shevtsov Anatoliy
Director, Regional Branch of the
National Institute of the Strategic Studies, Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine)
65. Shumylo-Tapiola Olga
Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Beligum)
66.Siruk Mykola
Editor of International Politics and Information Department, “The Day” daily newspaper (Ukraine)
67. Sokolovskyy Bohdan
ex-Representative of the President of Ukraine on International Energy Security Issues (Ukraine)
68. Solodkyy Serhiy
Deputy Director, Institute of World Policy (Ukraine)
69. Solonenko Iryna
Manager of the European Integration Program, International Renaissance Foudation (Ukraine)
70. Soskin Oleg
Director, Institute of the Society Transformation (Ukraine)
71. Sushko Oleksandr
Scientific Director, Institute of the Euro-Atlantic Cooperation (Ukraine)
72. Stachetti Carina
Head of Russia, Ukraine & Eurasia Desk Directorate for Strategic Affairs, Ministry of Defence (France)
73. Swiecicki Marcin
Director, UNDP Blue Ribbon Analytical and Advisory Centre (Ukraine)
74. Sydorenko Serhiy
Observer, “Kommersant” newspaper (Russia)
75. Sylina Tetiana
International Observer, “Mirror Weekly” Weekly (Ukraine)
76. Szeptycki Andjey
Political Scientist, Institute of International Relations of the University of Warsaw (Poland)
77. Tarasiuk Borys
ex-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Head of the Parliamentary Committee for European Intagration (Ukraine)
78. Taylor William
Vice President, Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations, United States Institute of Peace (USA)
79.Temirov Yuriy
Member of the Executive Board, Donetsk Institute of Social Studies and Political Analysis
80. Todorov Ihor
Deputy Director, International Security and Euro-Atlantic Cooperation Center, Donetsk National University, PhD (Ukraine)
81. Triukhan Vadym
Special Envoy, Ministry of the Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
82. Udovenko Hennadiy
Ex-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
83. Umland Andreas
Political analyst, associate professor, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Ukraine)
84. Valasek Tomas
Director of foreign policy and defence, Centre for European Reform (UK)
85. Veselovsky Andriy
Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
86. Zamyatin Viktor
Analyst, Council on Foreign and Security Policy (Ukraine)
87. Zarembo Kateryna
Analyst, Institute of World Policy
88. Zarytsky Walter
Professor, New-York University, Director of the “U.S. – Ukraine Relations Center” (USA)
89. Zhluktenko Varvara
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, “Profile” Magazine (Ukraine)
90. Zhovnirenko Pavlo
Chairman of the Board, Center for Strategic Studies (Ukraine)

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