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The Institute of World Policy organized the final session of the Strategic Discussion Club on December, 16th. The topic of the discussion: “Post-Vilnius: Diagnostics of the National (in) Security”.Leading Ukrainian and foreign experts, diplomats and politicians participated in the discussion: Head of the state of Lithuania (1990-1992), member of the European Parliament Vytautas Landsbergis, Head of the EU Delegation of the EU Jan Tombinski, expert of the Royal Institute of International Affairs James Sherr, Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (2003 – 2005) Igor Smeshko, expert of the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment Tor Bukkvoll, expert of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs Arkady Moshes and others.
Experts agreed that the majority of challenges to the sovereignty and security of Ukraine are of internal nature. In particular, they are institutional weakness and absence of a clear strategy on Ukraine’s development.
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Head of the state of Lithuania (1990-1992), Member of the European Parliament Vytautas Landsbergis
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Head of the EU Delegation of the EU Jan Tombinski and Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Olefirov
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First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2003-2004), State Secretary for European Integration (2001-2003) Oleksandr Chalyi
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Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment Tor Bukkvoll
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Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Institute of World Policy Viktor Shlinchak and expert of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs Arkady Moshes
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Chairman of the Committee of European integration, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Hryhoriy Nemyria
During the event the IWP also presented the final policy brief on the current security threats to Ukraine and ways to overcome them. The document includes recommendations from the leading Ukrainian and foreign experts.
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Director of the NATO Liaison Office in Ukraine Marcin Koziel
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Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to Ukraine Jon Elvedal Fredriksen
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Professor of the NaUKMA Oleksiy Haran
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Ambassador of Ukraine to Belarus (2010-2011), Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat of Ukraine (2007-2008) Roman Bezsmertnyi
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The Strategic Discussion Club is a project of the Institute of World Policy and NATO Liaison Office in Ukraine supported by the Government of Norway. The Strategic Discussion Club aims to create the opportunities to hold informal but substantial public discussions on the strategic matters of the national security of Ukraine on a regular basis.