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The Institute of World Policy held a video conference with Washington “Ukraine and Transatlantic Missile Defense System: Views from Washington” within a project “Ukraine in NATO Missile Defense System: Pro et Contra” which is conducted by the Institute of World Policy jointly with the Center for Army Conversion and Disarmament Studies with the support from the NATO Liaison Office Ukraine.The event is organized by the Institute of World Policy jointly with Atlantic Council (USA).
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Mr. Ian Brzezinski, Senior Fellow in the International Security Program, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO Policy (2001–5) and Mr. Steven Pifer, director of the Brookings Arms Control Initiative, a former ambassador to Ukraine took part in the event.

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Oksana Pylyavets, analyst of the IWP, moderator of the videoconference
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Maksym Kostenko, Council for National Security and Defence of Ukraine

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Mikhaylo Pohrebynskiy, director Kyiv center for Political and Conflict Studies

Kyiv, November 7 The First Ukraine – Russia – NATO Forum “Cooperation with NATO: Benefits for Ukraine and Russia” brought together leading Ukrainian, Russian and European experts to discuss a new vision of the relations between Kyiv, Moscow and NATO.The Forum was organized by the Institute of World Policy in partnership with Moscow Carnegie Center and co-supported by NATO Information and Documentation Center in Ukraine and NATO Information Office in Russia.

The main goal of the gathering was to provide for a permanent trilateral discussion arena. It will facilitate going beyond the Cold-War-era stereotypes and finding approaches that would enable the three sides to move from a dialogue plagued by suspicion to a partnership beneficial for all.

“Surely the quest for understanding in the Ukraine – NATO – Russia triangle requires considerable effort,” Alyona Getmanchuk said, the Director of the Institute of World Policy. “And the results of such policy will hardly be noticeable form a short-term perspective. However, this partnership can become the best strategic investment in the security of Ukraine as well as the whole region. Although Ukraine and Russia see NATO differently, there are many aspects where our views coincide, indeed.”

Russia was represented by leading researchers Tatyana Parkhalina and Dmitriy Danilov; Scholar-in-Residence at Moscow Carnegie Center Andrey Ryabov, former Russian BBC Service Chief Konstantin Eggert and many others. The geographical span of the Russian participants was as wide as from Kaliningrad to Volgograd. The leading British expert on Post-Soviet countries Keir Giles presented a view from Western Europe.

The event’s panel discussions were moderated by such renowned TV hosts as Yevgeniy Kiselev, Mykola Veresen’ and Sergey Dorofeyev.

The Forum is expected to become an annual gathering.
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The Forum was opened by Viktor Shlinchak, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Institute of World Policy, Nataliia Nemyliwska, director of the NATO Information and Documention Center in Ukraine, Robert Pszczel, director of the NATO Information Office in Russian Federation
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Participants of the 1st Panel Discussion NATO-Russia-Ukraine: Win-Win-Win Game
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Mikhaylo Pohrebynskiy, director Kyiv center for Political and Conflict Studies
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PANEL DISCUSSION 2: 3D Security Format: NATO-Russia-Ukraine Cooperation Influence on Regional Stability and Security,
Moderator: Sergey Dorofeev, TV Presenter, Channel 5, Belarus/Ukraine; Dmitriy Danilov, Director, European Security Studies, Russia; Oleg Kokoshinsky, Vice-President of Atlantic Council of Ukraine, Ukraine;
Igor Chernov, Director, Information Centre for International Security, Volgograd, Russia;
Grygoriy Perepelytsia, Director, Institute of Foreign Policy, Ukraine; Boris Kuznetsov, Director, Centre for International and Regional Policy, Russia
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Roland Kovats, Chief of Party, Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms (UNITER)
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PANEL DISCUSSION 3: NATO not in Black and White: Overcoming Ukrainian and Russian Stereotypes Together,
Moderator: Mykola Veresen’, Journalist, Ukraine;
Konstantin Eggert, Publicist, Russia; Tatiana Parkhalina, Director of the Centre for European Security, Russia; Ihor Todorov, Deputy director, Centre of International Security, Donetsk, Ukraine; Serhiy Dzherdzh, Head, NATO-Ukraine Civic League, Ukraine;

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Mykola Veresen’
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Konstantin Eggert
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Konstantin Eggert, Tatiana Parkhalina, Mykola Veresen’
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Volodymyr Horbach, analyst of the Institute of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation
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Kateryna Zarembo, deputy director of the Institute of World Policy was a moderator of the fourth Panel Discussion “Ukraine-Russia-NATO: Views from Successor Generation”
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Anton Morozov, assistant professor of the St. Petersburg State University for Service and Economics, Russia
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Alexey Kiselyov, director Center for Social-Poltical Studies, Krasnodar, Russia
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Concluding remarks by Alyona Getmanchuk, director of the Institute of World Policy, Natalia Nemyliwska and Robert Pszczel
Photo by Natalia Sagalata and Stanislav Tkachov

IWP organized a Media-club with Giorgi Baramidze, vice-Prime Minister and Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration of GeorgiaThe Institute of World Policy held a Media-club with Giorgi Baramidze, who made a brief address on the current priorities of Georgia-Ukraine relations and practical cooperation and answered questions from journalists.
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Photo by Natalia Sagalata

Institute of World Policy co-operated with Channel 5 in Breaking the World Guiness record of the longest TV-Maraphon in the World, which was conducted from August 23 to August 25 by Channel 5{1}

Alyona Getmanchuk, director of the Institute of World Policy, Viktor Shlinchak, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Institute of World Policy

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Institute of World Policy held a fifth Cinema Club of Georgia Cinema within which the film “Heritage” (directors Gela Babluani, Temur Babluani, 2006) was demonstrated.The demonstration of the film took place in the “Mon Ami” restaurant. Leading experts, politicians, diplomats and journalists took part in the Cinema Club. Grigol Katamadze, Ambassador of Georgia, Volodymyr Ohryzko, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Anatolyi Lutsenko, expert and Olena Vashchenko, representative of the MFA of Ukraine were among them.
The film was focused on the conflict between old traditions and modern moral principles, which could take place in any corner of the world.

The event was supported by the Embassy of Georgia to Ukraine within the framework of the Ukraine-Georgia thematic panel.

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Grigol Katamadze, Ambassador of Georgia to Ukraine, Viktor Shlinchak, Chair of the IWP’s Supervisory Board
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Alyona Getmanchuk, director of the Institute of World Policy, Viktor Shlinchak
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Volodymyr Ohryzko, former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
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Mykhailyna Skoryk, Oksana Torop (INTERFAX), Olena Vashchenko (MFA)
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Photo by Natalia Sagalata

The Institute of World Policy has held the presentation of the policy paper “Ukraine in NATO Missile Defence System: Pro et contraThe policy paper wаs prepared within the framework of the project “Ukraine in NATO Missile Defence System: Pro et Contra” implemented by the Institute of World Policy along with Centre for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies with the support of the NATO Liaison Office in Ukraine.

The study was presented by Alyona Getmanchuk, director of the Institute of World Policy, Serhiy Zhurets and Anton Miknenko, experts of the Centre for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies and Oksana Pyliavets, IWP’s analyst. Mr. Marcin Kozieł, Director NATO Liaison Office in Ukraine took part in the presentation.
The policy paper “Ukraine in NATO missile defence system: pro et contra” is based on exclusive comments taken from Ukrainian and foreign politicians, military-technical experts, and diplomats. Within the framework of the project (over July-September 2011) IWP experts interviewed and consulted a large number of the representatives of the Ukrainian governmental institutions: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defence, the State Space Agency of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada, the National Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of Ukraine, and foreign diplomatic missions. Also the two focus-groups, in which the leading experts on missile defence issues from Ukraine and NATO member-states took part, were held. In September 2011 the videoconference Kyiv-Moscow was organized to encourage an opinion exchange between the Ukrainian and Russian security expert communities.

The participants of the presentation discussed the research results, emphasizing the following issues:
• Ukrainian politicians lack a broad consensus on the Ukraine’s possible engagement into NATO ballistic missile defence system. Political parties in Ukraine appeal to this issue as to the subject of geopolitical manipulations, sharing, however, the belief that the Ukraine’s “non-alignment policy” will not jeopardize its participation in the international missile defence systems.
• Ukraine’s participation in NATO BMDS is consistent with its national interest and the threat of the falling of the intercepted missile wreckage onto Ukraine’s territory, according to expert assessment, is minimal.
• Ukraine-NATO/USA cooperation in the development of NATO BMDS faces a period of mutual wait-it-out strategy: while Ukraine insists on being officially invited to cooperate on missile defence issue, NATO/USA waits for Ukraine to put forward the detailed proposals on its possible contribution into NATO BMDS. The developments in the NATO-Ukraine negotiation process can occur only after the accord between NATO and Russia is reached. Nevertheless, Ukraine may endeavor to use the consultations with the U.S. on missile defence as a lever in solving Russia-Ukraine bilateral Agenda.
• Ukraine should not appeal to radar sites in Mukachevo and Sevastopol as to possible contribution into NATO BMDS due to, firstly, the fact that they are outdated and inefficient, and secondly, the Russian modern radars in Armavir and Kaliningrad, which cover the bigger area and have much better technical capacity. Ukraine’s proposals may comprise the following: a) a direct technical participation of the Ukrainian enterprises in the creation of the missile defence elements; b) engagement into NATO BMDS of the new modern Ukrainian radar, which is currently being built and may be constructed according to NATO standards; c) deployment on the cruiser “Ukraine”, located in the Black Sea, the elements of the Euro-Atlantic BMDS; d) providing Ukraine’s territory for the deployment of the information exchange center of the NATO-Russia ballistic missile defence system.

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Marcin Koziel, Director of the NATO Liaison Office in Ukraine

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Alyona Getmanchuk, director of the Institute of World Policy

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Marcin Koziel
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Serhiy Zhurets, expert, Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies
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Anton Mikhnenko, expert Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies

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Viktor Kochukov and Alexandr Rumiantsev, Embassy of the Russian Federation to UKraine
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Oksana Pyliavets, analyst of the Institute of World Policy
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Maksym Kostenko, Council for National Security and Defence of Ukraine
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Mikhailo Gonchar, manager of the energy programs, NOMOS Center
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Photo by Natalia Sagalata

The Institute of World Policy presented the cartoon exhibition “Ukraine as Seen by Neighbouring Countries” in the heart of US capital – on Dupont Circle in Washington DC on October 15, 2011.Exhibition is a component of the project “Ukraine’s Soft Power: The tool for effective foreign policy” , implemented by IWP with the support of Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms (UNITER) project funded by USAID and implemented by Pact in Ukraine. {1}

Exhibition was also presented at the premises of the National Endownment for Democracy and George Washington University.

Alyona Getmanchuk, director of the Institute of World Policy, and Ronald Kovats, Chief of Party, Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms (UNITER) presented the exhibition in the USA.
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The Washington event was aimed at drawing the attention of the American audience to Ukraine and its potential as an important regional actor.
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The full transcript of the videoconference on the topic “Spotlight on Ukraine: Examining Energy Efficiency and Security” organized by the Institute of World Policy hosted a videoconference in partnership with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington, USA) on Tuesday, October 11, 2011Available in Ukrainian only.

On Tuesday, October 11, the Institute of World Policy hosted a videoconference on the topic “Spotlight on Ukraine: Examining Energy Efficiency and Security” in partnership with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington, USA).The speakers at the videoconference were Adnan Vatansever, Carnegie energy and climate scholar, Peter Dohlman, a senior economist at the International Monetary Fund, Oksana Gryshchenko, a non-staff adviser to Ukraine’s minister of fuel and energy, and Yuriy Korolchuk, a member of the Supervisory Board of the Institute for Energy Studies.

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Oksana Gryshchenko, a non-staff adviser to Ukraine’s minister of fuel and energy, and Yuriy Korolchuk, a member of the Supervisory Board of the Institute for Energy Studies

Adnan Vatasever, an expert for Energy and Climate Programs at the Carnegie Endowment noted that Ukraine must increase energy efficiency in order to gain energy independence. “Energy efficiency is the best way to address the issue of dependency, the main security challenge. New technologies should be a part of Ukrainian promising strategy,” he said.
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Adnan Vatasever emphasized that Ukraine became the second consumer of Russian gas in Europe (with 32 billion cubic meters) after Germany (33 billion). Reducing dependence on Russian gas can be gained only by increasing domestic gas production, renewable energy sources (which, however, provide only 1% of balance) and alternative sources of gas supply.
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Ihor Todotov, Director Center for International Security (Donetsk, Ukraine), Oksana Moussienko, NATO Information and Documentation Center in Ukraine

It is also important to use other sources like coal and nuclear power. But the main prerequisite for energy security is, without any doubt, energy efficiency. “In Germany it is 4 times higher than in Ukraine. Only Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have worse performance, but they have their own gas as well,” Adnan Vatasever said.
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Yuriy Korolchuk and Ivan Plachkov, former Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine

According to Yuriy Korolchuk, a member of the Supervisory Board of the Institute of Energy Research, conviction of the ex-prime minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko discourages potential investors from the energy sector of Ukraine, therefore threatens its national security. “The fact that she actually is convicted of a gas agreement sets a bad example for the future of Ukrainian energy sector,” Yuri Korolchuk assures. “Business and investors have now a fear that they may suffer the same in 2, 3, 5 or 10 years.”
However, according to Ivan Plachkov, former Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine, the Ukrainian government still has powerful leverage in negotiations with Russia on gas prices.
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Ivan Plachkov
“Ukraine has three very serious leverages. Firstly, it is the biggest consumer of Russian gas, what is the convincing argument, by the way. Secondly, it has storage facilities, which have neither Russia nor the EU, but without them gas transportation to Europe is impossible. Thirdly, it is, of course, a Ukrainian gas transportation system, which was the project of the Soviet Politburo in Europe. If Russia take possession of these weapons, it will definitely try to use it again,” the former minister said.

Photo by Stanislav Gruzdev

On Wednesday, October 12th, 2011 the Institute of World Policy has opened the photo exhibition “Georgia 2000 vs. Georgia 2011” in Kharkiv.IWP has an honour to invite you to see two realities separated by a decade, feel the Caucasian call and Georgian wind of changes in the photo project “Georgia 2000 vs. Georgia 2011”.
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Viktor Shlinchak, Chair of the Supervisory Board, Instiute of World Policy
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Igor Shurma, Deputy Head of Kharkiv Regional Council
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Kateryna Zarembo, Deputy director of the Institute of World Policy
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Tamaz Tedoradze, president of the NGO “United Georgia”
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First guests of the exhibition
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Viktor Shlinchak and Igor Shurma.
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Victor Shlinchak, Igor Shurma and Tamaz Tedoradze
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Vitalina Zinkovska, Head of the Kharkiv regional radio and Viktor Shlinchak
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Olexandra Chyhladze , a member of the Kharkiv City Administration
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Igor Didenko, Head of event-agency “Dwa Tovaryshcha”, TV-host of “Inter”, channel ex-member team of KVN “Liudi v belom”
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Elena Matsiyevska, founder of “What? Where? When?” magazine, Kharkov, and the famous Ukrainian artist Eduard Yashin

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Vachagan Norozyan, an artist, Vladimir Ohlobin, director of “Iris” concern, the photographer, Vladimir Bondarenko, a famous Ukrainian designer

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Exhibition Guest

The exhibition in Kharkiv will be hosted by Municipal Art Gallery (Chernyshevskogo str.,15) and it will be opened till October, 25.