DOCSLIB.ORG

The Ukrainian Weekly 1996, No.14

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The Ukrainian Weekly 1996, No.14 www.ukrweekly.com INSIDE:• Canadian war crimes commission comes under fire — page 4. • Ukrainian-Jewish conference notes new trends in Ukraine — page 8. • Reviews: Virko Baley’s “Dreamtime,” Les Kurbas Theater’s “Grateful Erodiy” — page 9. Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXIV HE KRAINIANNo. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1996 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine Kuchma reaffirms determination to stay the course on reforms ïêàëíéëT U W by Marta Kolomayets firmly hold the position that any attempts to In his state of the state address, the ÇéëäêÖë! Kyiv Press Bureau reanimate the Soviet Union carry no historic Ukrainian chief executive was able to delin- perspective and only harm the development eate some of Ukraine’s most pressing prob- KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma once of normal integration processes.” lems and list its most crucial policies, both again confirmed that there is no going back “Ukraine’s foreign policy priorities remain domestic and foreign. for Ukraine – that it will stay the course of the same – integration with European nations “Ukraine has passed the point of historic economic and democratic reforms. That was and simultaneous development of relations return, and there will be no going back. the principal message of his annual state of with Russia in all fields,” commented Foreign However, the danger of attempts to return the state address to the Parliament on April 2. Minister Hennadiy Udovenko on April 3, to the past cannot be excluded; in fact, both “Integration into Europe – this is our internal and external forces must be consid- conscious and strategic choice,” he told confirming President Kuchma’s outline of Ukraine’s course of action. ered,” he cautioned in his opening remarks. deputies, government officials, regional “But, we should no longer ask the ques- governors and journalists gathered in the In a lengthy speech that covered every- thing from the importance of the constitu- tion: What kind of state should Ukraine be? Supreme Council headquarters. The 65- That choice has already been made,” he said. minute speech was televised and broadcast tional process in Ukraine to the lack of affordable summer recreation camps for Throughout his speech, President Kuchma live via radio. emphasized that Ukraine will prosper only if His remarks came on the same day that children, President Kuchma outlined the tri- als and tribulations of Ukraine during this its branches of power work together and con- the presidents of the Russian Federation solidate their forces. “Our future – without transitional time. and Belarus signed a treaty of reintegration, exaggeration – depends on this,” he noted. in what many see as the first step in reviv- As a companion to his presentation, the The Ukrainian leader underscored the ing the Soviet Union. presidential administration distributed a importance of a consensus regarding funda- In sharp contrast to the events taking place 381-page manual titled “The Economic and mental values, which includes a common in the Kremlin on that day, Mr. Kuchma, Social Development of Ukraine in 1995” to sounding confident, said: “We consider and all the deputies of the Supreme Council. (Continued on page 13) Husar named exarch of Kyiv-Vyshhorod Belarusian Popular Front leader condemns union with Russia by Marta Kolomayets by Marta Kolomayets Ukrainian national-democratic forces held Kyiv Press Bureau Kyiv Press Bureau a public meeting of support for Belarus on Sunday afternoon, March 31, at St. Sophia KYIV – Bishop Lubomyr Husar has KYIV – On the eve of the signing of a Square, gathering more than 400 Ukrainian been named exarch of the newly established new union between Russia and Belarus, citizens. Speakers at the meeting also spoke Zyanon Paznyak, chairman of the Kyiv-Vyshhorod Exarchate, according to out against Russian aggression in Chechnya, Belarusian Popular Front, condemned the the press office of the Ukrainian Greek- the attempts of Communist deputies to renew actions of Belarusian President Alyaksandr Catholic Church in Lviv. the Soviet Union, and the need to ratify a Lukashenka, accusing him of establishing a The announcement was made on April 2 new constitution for Ukraine. “criminal, pro-fascist authoritarian regime.” by the Very Rev. Ivan Dacko, chancellor of According to Belarusian Popular Front the curia of Major Archbishop Myroslav Ivan Mr. Paznyak – now a Belarusian dissi- leaders addressing the meeting, President Lubachivsky. He also told reporters during a dent – delivered his remarks at a joint press news conference at the metropolitan’s resi- conference with Ukrainian Rukh leader (Continued on page 14) dence across from St. George Cathedral that Vyacheslav Chornovil sponsored by the Bishop Ivan Choma has been named Cardinal Ukrainian Media Club on April 1 in Kyiv. Lubachivsky’s special envoy to Rome. He had arrived in Kyiv two days earlier to “I am convinced that in Bishop Lubomyr publicize the plight of his native Belarus, the faithful of our Church in Kyiv and eastern where he said his life has been threatened in First Lady and VP Ukraine will have a wise and able spiritual recent days and where censorship has made leader and shepherd, and that Bishop Ivan it impossible to appeal directly to to host Chornobyl will admirably represent our Church’s matters Belarusian citizens to defend the indepen- in Rome. Our Church, for a long while now, dence of their state. Ukrainian national democratic leaders – event at White House has been enriched by the work and experience WASHINGTON – On April 10, among them Mr. Chornovil, Ukrainian of these bishops. With their new appoint- First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton ments, our Church and its faithful have Republican Party Chairman Bohdan Yaroshynsky, Democratic Party of Ukraine and Vice-President Al Gore will host received a special blessing from God,” noted an event at the White House to com- Cardinal Lubachivsky in an April 2 statement. Chairman Volodymyr Yavorivsky and Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists memorate the 10th anniversary of the April 2 marked 19 years since the day the Chornobyl nuclear tragedy. late Patriarch Josyf Slipyj secretly consecrated spokesman Serhiy Zhyzhko, as well as Prosvita President Pavlo Movchan – were Invited guests include leaders of both Bishops Husar and Choma at the Studite humanitarian relief and environmental Monastery at Castelgondolfo, near Rome. the first to offer their Belarusian brothers organizations, the scientific and med- But, it was only during the Ukrainian support during these difficult times. ical communities, and American busi- Catholic Church Bishops’ Synod in Rome Mr. Paznyak and the BPF turned to these nesses, as well as representatives of last November that the hierarchs deter- Ukrainian forces and traveled to Ukraine in the governments of Ukraine, Belarus mined that the time was right for these two search of a podium from which to issue underground bishops to serve the Church in their message of distress. and Russia. their capacities as bishops. Mr. Paznyak said Ukraine was his first stop The event will honor the individu- CHRIST According to various Church sources, on a list of countries in Europe where he will als and organizations who have been the Vatican recognized the two bishops travel in order to spread the Belarusian nation- significantly involved in healing those IS RISEN! soon after they were consecrated, but the al-democratic message. On April 2, however, affected by the disaster and working to he returned to Miensk to attend a rally protest- prevent future tragedies. (Continued on page 6) ing the Lukashenka-Yeltsin accord. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1996 No. 14 Russia, the specter of integration and Ukraine: a look at new realities NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Kyiv Patriarchate denounces Aleksey II Yeltsin’s re-election in exchange for the by Volodymyr Zviglyanich West should capitalize on the idea that a Russian president’s promise to resolve post-CIS configuration could in no way be KYIV — The Ukrainian Orthodox CONCLUSION “difficult” bilateral disputes, including treated by Russia as a barrier to certain Church — Kyiv Patriarchate has con- one involving U.S. poultry exports to Confederation or hegemony? countries’ membership in Euro-Atlantic demned statements by Patriarch Aleksey Russia, much of which are produced in structures. It also should be made clear of the Russian Orthodox Church giving the president’s home state of Arkansas. The signing of a “union” between that of the “three Europes” about which his blessing to the Russian-Belarusian Both Russian and U.S. spokesmen have Russia and Belarus on April 2 will lead Warren Christopher spoke in Prague on union treaty signed on April 2 by refuted the report, but the Russian to the creation of at least three geopoliti- March 20, (Western, Central and Eastern), Belarusian President Alyaksandr Foreign Ministry criticized the U.S. cal configurations on former USSR terri- Russia’s path to Western European struc- Lukashenka and Russian President Boris tory, thus questioning the validity and Embassy in Moscow for “leaking” confi- tures lies through the development of free Yeltsin. A statement issued by the Kyiv dential bilateral discussions, and the very essence of the CIS. and equal contacts with the countries of Patriarchate’s press office on March 28 The first is the Baltic states, which do Clinton administration has opened a Central Europe rather than by establishing rebuked the Moscow cleric “for his inten- Justice Department investigation into how not belong to the CIS and will not join any “exclusive” relations either with NATO or tion to take part in the ‘solemn’ signing “confederations.” Their aim is to join Euro- the paper obtained classified information. the EU. ceremony” of the new integration agree- (OMRI Daily Digest) Atlantic structures, such as NATO and the • The West should be ready for non- ment. “The Moscow Patriarchate’s partici- European Union, as soon as possible.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • 2017-03 Centennial of the Russian Revolution of 1917
    International Academic Conference “Centennial of the Russian Revolution of 1917” CONFERENCE PROGRAMME March 29–31, 2017 Moscow, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Shuvalov Building 2 LOMONOSOV MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY (FACULTY OF HISTORY, FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE) SAINT PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY (INSTITUTE OF HISTORY, FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE) MOSCOW CITY UNIVERSITY (THE INSTITUTE OF HUMAN SCIENCES AND MANAGEMENT) DEPARTMENT OF HISTORICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL SCIENCES OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES INSTITUTE OF RUSSIAN HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES RUSSIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY RUSSIAN SOCIETY OF POLITICAL SCIENTISTS STATE HISTORICAL MUSEUM STATE CENTRAL MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY OF RUSSIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN SCIENCES AND ARTS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF BELARUS INSTITUTE OF HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF BELARUS MOGILEV STATE A. KULESHOV UNIVERSITY (FACULTY OF HISTORY AND PHILOLOGY) with the participation of MOSCOW HOUSE OF NATIONALITIES 3 Programme Committee Chairman of the Programme Committee: Sadovnichy Viktor Antonovich, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University Vice-Chairmen of the Programme Committee: Tuchkov Ivan Ivanovich, PhD in Art History, Dr. Habil., Professor, Dean of the Faculty of History, Lomonosov Moscow State University Shutov Andrei Yuryevich, PhD in History, Dr. Habil., Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Political Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University Members of the Programme Committee Borisenko Vladimir Vasilyevich, PhD in History, Associate Professor, Dean of the Faculty of History and Philology, Mogilev State A. Kuleshov University Velikanova Irina Jakovlevna, PhD in Political Science, Director of the State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia Danilovich Vyacheslav Viktorovich, PhD in History, Associate Professor, Director of the Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Daudov Abdulla Hamidovich, PhD in History, Dr.
    [Show full text]
  • The Russian Job
    The Russian Job The rise to power of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation “We did not reject our past. We said honestly: The history of the Lubyanka in the twentieth century is our history…” ~ Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev, Director of the FSB Between August-September 1999, a series of explosions in Russia killed 293 people: - 1 person dead from a shopping centre explosion in Moscow (31 st August) - 62 people dead from an apartment bombing in Buynaksk (4 th September) - 94 people dead from an apartment bombing in Moscow (9th September) - 119 people dead from an apartment bombing in Moscow (13 th September) - 17 people dead from an apartment bombing in Volgodonsk (16 th September) The FSB (Federal Security Service) which, since the fall of Communism, replaced the defunct KGB (Committee for State Security) laid the blame on Chechen warlords for the blasts; namely on Ibn al-Khattab, Shamil Basayev and Achemez Gochiyaev. None of them has thus far claimed responsibility, nor has any evidence implicating them of any involvement been presented. Russian citizens even cast doubt on the accusations levelled at Chechnya, for various reasons: Not in living memory had Chechen militias pulled off such an elaborated string of bombings, causing so much carnage. A terrorist plot on such a scale would have necessitated several months of thorough planning and preparation to put through. Hence the reason why people suspected it had been carried out by professionals. More unusual was the motive, or lack of, for Chechens to attack Russia. Chechnya’s territorial dispute with Russia predates the Soviet Union to 1858.
    [Show full text]
  • Annual Report
    KENNAN INSTITUTE Annual Report October 1, 2002–September 30, 2003 The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars One Woodrow Wilson Plaza 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20004-3027 www.wilsoncenter.org KENNAN INSTITUTE Kennan Institute Annual Report October 1, 2002–September 30, 2003 Kennan Institute Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Kennan Moscow Project One Woodrow Wilson Plaza Galina Levina, Alumni Coordinator 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Ekaterina Alekseeva, Project Manager Washington,DC 20004-3027 Irina Petrova, Office Manager Pavel Korolev, Project Officer (Tel.) 202-691-4100;(Fax) 202-691-4247 www.wilsoncenter.org/kennan Kennan Kyiv Project Yaroslav Pylynskyj, Project Manager Kennan Institute Staff Nataliya Samozvanova, Office Manager Blair A. Ruble, Director Nancy Popson, Deputy Director Research Interns 2002-2003 Margaret Paxson, Senior Associate Anita Ackermann, Jeffrey Barnett, Joseph Bould, Jamey Burho, Bram F.Joseph Dresen, Program Associate Caplan, Sapna Desai, Cristen Duncan, Adam Fuss, Anton Ghosh, Jennifer Giglio, Program Associate Andrew Hay,Chris Hrabe, Olga Levitsky,Edward Marshall, Peter Atiq Sarwari, Program Associate Mattocks, Jamie Merriman, Janet Mikhlin, Curtis Murphy,Mikhail Muhitdin Ahunhodjaev, Financial Management Specialist Osipov,Anna Nikolaevsky,Elyssa Palmer, Irina Papkov, Mark Polyak, Edita Krunkaityte, Program Assistant Rachel Roseberry,Assel Rustemova, David Salvo, Scott Shrum, Erin Trouth, Program Assistant Gregory Shtraks, Maria Sonevytsky,Erin Trouth, Gianfranco Varona, Claudia Roberts, Secretary Kimberly Zenz,Viktor Zikas Also employed at the Kennan Institute during the 2002-03 In honor of the city’s 300th anniversary, all photographs in this report program year: were taken in St. Petersburg, Russia.The photographs were provided by Jodi Koehn-Pike, Program Associate William Craft Brumfield and Vladimir Semenov.
    [Show full text]
  • Russian Museums Visit More Than 80 Million Visitors, 1/3 of Who Are Visitors Under 18
    Moscow 4 There are more than 3000 museums (and about 72 000 museum workers) in Russian Moscow region 92 Federation, not including school and company museums. Every year Russian museums visit more than 80 million visitors, 1/3 of who are visitors under 18 There are about 650 individual and institutional members in ICOM Russia. During two last St. Petersburg 117 years ICOM Russia membership was rapidly increasing more than 20% (or about 100 new members) a year Northwestern region 160 You will find the information aboutICOM Russia members in this book. All members (individual and institutional) are divided in two big groups – Museums which are institutional members of ICOM or are represented by individual members and Organizations. All the museums in this book are distributed by regional principle. Organizations are structured in profile groups Central region 192 Volga river region 224 Many thanks to all the museums who offered their help and assistance in the making of this collection South of Russia 258 Special thanks to Urals 270 Museum creation and consulting Culture heritage security in Russia with 3M(tm)Novec(tm)1230 Siberia and Far East 284 © ICOM Russia, 2012 Organizations 322 © K. Novokhatko, A. Gnedovsky, N. Kazantseva, O. Guzewska – compiling, translation, editing, 2012 [email protected] www.icom.org.ru © Leo Tolstoy museum-estate “Yasnaya Polyana”, design, 2012 Moscow MOSCOW A. N. SCRiAbiN MEMORiAl Capital of Russia. Major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation center of Russia and the continent MUSEUM Highlights: First reference to Moscow dates from 1147 when Moscow was already a pretty big town.
    [Show full text]
  • UNA Executives Review Finances, Discuss Mergers U.S. Secretary Of
    INSIDE:• Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry reacts to Russian Duma resolution — page 2. • Memorial concert to mark Chornobyl anniversary in Toronto — page 8. • Lviv’s Les Kurbas Theater in Metropolitan New York area — page 9. Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXIV HE No.KRAINIAN 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 1996 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine RussianT Duma UU.S. secretary of state denouncesW Duma resolution negates decision by Marta Kolomayets Kyiv Press Bureau dissolving USSR KYIV – In yet another reaffirmation of the growing relationship between the United States and Ukraine, Secretary of by Marta Kolomayets State Warren Christopher arrived in Kyiv Kyiv Press Bureau on March 19 for a six-hour visit to meet KYIV – The Russian Duma – the with top government officials – includ- lower house of that country’s Parliament ing President Leonid Kuchma, Prime – adopted a resolution on March 15 Minister Yevhen Marchuk, Foreign reversing a Soviet legislative decision Minister Hennadiy Udovenko and made in December 1991 that renounced Parliament Chairman Oleksander Moroz. the 1922 treaty forming the Soviet Union. Mr. Christopher denounced the Russian In effect, this resolution denounces the Duma for its March 15 vote on reconstitut- Belaya Vezha pact of December 1991, ing the Soviet Union, calling it “highly and calls for the rebirth of the USSR – an irresponsible.” He was to travel to action that sent alarming signals through- Moscow on March 21 following a visit to out the former Soviet republics, includ- Prague where he addressed Central and ing Ukraine. East European foreign ministers.
    [Show full text]
  • THE CBW CONVENTIONS BULLETIN News, Background and Comment on Chemical and Biological Weapons Issues
    THE CBW CONVENTIONS BULLETIN News, Background and Comment on Chemical and Biological Weapons Issues ISSUE NO. 52 JUNE 2001 Quarterly Journal of the Harvard Sussex Program on CBW Armament and Arms Limitation US POLICY AND THE BWC PROTOCOL Barbara Rosenberg Chair, Federation of American Scientists Working Group on Biological Weapons When President Nixon unilaterally renounced all biological The Politics of the Chairman’s Protocol Text US and toxin weapons, in 1969 and 1970, he also announced US objections to the strong Protocol measures originally support for the British proposal for an international ban. This advocated by US allies centered around the criteria for led to the completion, in 1972, of the Biological Weapons declaration of biological defense facilities. This year, new Convention (BWC). Since that time, under presidents objections were added, including opposition to declaration Reagan, Bush Sr and Clinton, there has been bipartisan US of non-governmental production facilities. Once US objec- support for strengthening the Convention. Under the tions were known, it became impossible to reach consensus previous Bush Administration, the United States on anything stronger. Incorporation of US demands in his participated in a study of potential verification measures compromise text left the Chairman in a weakened position known as VEREX, carried out by experts from the BWC to deal with the opposition of other countries to more parties, which issued a positive report. A series of effective measures. Many US allies consider the Chairman’s international steps, begun in 1986, have brought us close to text to be the best that can now be achieved. At the same the goal of a legally-binding compliance regime for the time, they consider it the bottom line and want no further BWC, as represented by the Chairman’s draft Protocol text compromises.
    [Show full text]
  • The Ukrainian Weekly 1996, No.5
    www.ukrweekly.com INSIDE: ^ Primakov travels to Kyiv to fay groundwork for Yeltsin visit - page 3. e Radio Canada International saved by Cabinet shuffle - page 4. 9 Washington Post correspondent shares impressions of Ukraine - page 5. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXIV No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1996 S1.2542 in Ukraine Ukraine's coal miners stage strike Parliament cancels moratorium to demand payment of back wages on adoptions, sets procedures by Marta Kolomayets during this harsh winter - amidst condi­ by Marta Kolomayets children adopted by foreigners through Kyiv Press Bureau tions of gas and oil shortages - and Kyiv Press Bureau Ukrainian consular services until they should be funded immediately from the turn 18 and forbids any commercial for­ KYIV - Despite warnings of mass state budget. KYIV - The Parliament on January 30 eign intermediaries to take part in the strikes involving coal mines throughout lifted a moratorium on adoption of As The Weekly was going to press, adoption process. Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine reported that Ukrainian children by foreigners and Coal Industry Minister Serhiy Polyakov The law, which takes effect April 1, as of late Thursday evening, February I, voted to establish a new centralized mon­ had been dispatched to discuss an agree­ will closely scrutinize the fate and workers from only 86 mines out of 227 ment with strike leaders. According to itoring agency that will require all adop­ whereabouts of Ukraine's most precious had decided to walk out. They are Interfax-Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers tions in Ukraine to pass through, the resource - its children.
    [Show full text]
  • A Política Externa Da Rússia Nos Anos 90
    TRÉGUA PARA O CONTRA-ATAQUE: A POLÍTICA EXTERNA DA RÚSSIA NOS ANOS 90 RESUMO Este artigo descreve a conduta internacional da Rússia nos anos posteriores à dissolução Revista UNILUS Ensino e Pesquisa da União Soviética. Parte-se da hipótese de que as forças do antigo regime conservaram v. 13, n. 32, jul./set. 2016 sua influência no aparelho de Estado, o que deu-lhes condições para orientar decisões de política externa e preparar a ascensão de Vladimir Putin ao poder, em consonância com a ISSN 2318-2083 (eletrônico) ‘estratégia de longo alcance’ concebida pelo Departamento de Desinformação da KGB em 1958-1960. Palavras-Chave: Inteligência; Forças Armadas; Socialismo; Geopolítica; Movimento Eurasiano. Eduardo Lucas Vasconcelos Cruz Mestre em História e bacharel em Relações Internacionais pela Universidade Estadual Paulista - TRUCE FOR THE COUNTER-ATTACK: RUSSIA'S FOREIGN POLICY UNESP, professor do Centro Universitário Lusíada – IN THE 90S UNILUS ABSTRACT Beatriz Cristine Souza Dias This article describes the actions of Russia in the international arena in the years after the Discente do 4º ano do curso de Relações Internacionais breakup of the Soviet Union. It sustains the hypothesis that the forces of the old regime do Centro Universitário Lusíada e bolsista do Programa de Iniciação Científica da instituição do Centro retained their influence in the State apparatus, which gave them conditions to guide foreign Universitário Lusíada – UNILUS policy decisions and prepare the rise of Vladimir Putin to power, in line with the 'long range strategy' conceived by the Disinformation Department of the KGB in 1958-1960. Artigo recebido em abril de 2016 e Keywords: Intelligence; Armed Forces; Socialism; Geopolitics; Eurasian Movement.
    [Show full text]
  • The China and Eurasia Forum Quartery Vol 5 No 2
    THE CHINA AND EURASIA FORUM QUARTERLY Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Volume 5, No. 2 May 2007 The China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly is a Central Asia-Caucasus & Silk Road Studies Program publication. The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program is a joint transatlantic independent and externally funded research and policy center. The Joint Center has offices in Washington and Uppsala, and is affiliated with the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University and the Department of Eurasian Studies of Uppsala University. It is the first Institution of its kind in Europe and North America, and is today firmly established as a leading center for research and policy worldwide, serving a large and diverse community of analysts, scholars, policy-watchers, business leaders and journalists. The Joint Center aims to be at the forefront of research on issues of conflict, security and development in the region; and to function as a focal point for academic, policy, and public discussion of the region through its applied research, its publications, teaching, research cooperation, public lectures and seminars. The China and Eurasia Forum is an independent forum which seeks to bring together regional experts, academics, government policy makers, and business leaders with an interest in the growing relationship between China and Eurasia. Focusing primarily on Sino-Central Asian, Sino-Russian, and Sino-Caucasian relations, the aim of China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly is to foster discussion and information sharing between a geographically distant community that recognizes the significance of China's emergence in this important part of the world.
    [Show full text]
  • 1 the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs
    The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR WILLIAM GREEN MILLER Interviewed by: Charles Stuart Kennedy Initial interview date: February 10, 2003 Copyright 2005 ADST TABLE OF CONTENTS Background Born and raised in New York City Williams College% Goethe Institute, Germany% Magdalen College, Oxford Uni,ersity% Har,ard Uni,ersity Marriage Entered the Foreign Ser,ice in 1.5. Isfahan, Iran% 0ice Consul 1.5.11.22 En,ironment The city 1.53 coup SA0A5 US military and economic aid Mullahs Agriculture Mossade6 US policy The Shah 7ocal staff Tribes Security Contacts Teheran, Iran% Political Officer and Aide to Ambassador 1.2211.25 Iran9s foreign policy CIA Ambassador :ulius Holmes 0ice President :ohnson9s ,isit Shah 5homeini Status of Forces Agreement Anti1Shah riots 1 Iran as US policy issue Congressional attitude State Department, I R% —Iran, Political Dynamics“ 1.25 Assignment to the Peace Corps, Middle East Program 1.2511.22 Iran Programs Importance State Department, Executi,e Secretariat 1.2211.27 Operations and Issues 0ietnam Policy Resignation 1.27 Assistant to Senator :ohn Cooper 1.2711.72 0ietnam En,ironment Duties Anti1Ballistic Missile debate Senator Cooper President Nixon Relations with State Department Watergate —Saturday Night Massacre“ The Pentagon Papers 5issinger China relations Chief of Staff, Senate Select Committee 1.7211.72 Presidential Emergency Powers and War Powers Secret Acti,ities and Intelligence —Family :ewels“ Rockefeller Commission Security maintenance FBI files Underworld hearings CIA and foreign elections Ambassador1CIA relations Terrorist acti,ities Senatorial Intelligence O,ersight Committee 1.7211.81 Creation of Permanent Standing Committee 2 In,estigati,e committee O,ersight Committee FBI leadership Presidential use of intelligence ational Intelligence Estimates Iran Hezbollah The Fletcher School of 7aw and Diplomacy% Associate Dean 1.8111.82 and Adjunct Professor of International Politics European ,s.
    [Show full text]
  • The Trilateral Process: the United States, Ukraine, Russia and Nuclear Weapons
    Foreign Policy at BROOKINGS The TrilaterAl ProCess: The United States, Ukraine, russia and Nuclear Weapons The Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW Steven Pifer Washington, D.C. 20036 Arms Control Series brookings.edu Paper 6 • May 2011 Foreign Policy at BROOKINGS The TrilaTeral Process: The United states, Ukraine, russia and Nuclear Weapons Steven Pifer arms control series Paper 6 • May 2011 Acknowledgements I would like to express my deep gratitude to tents, characterizations and views are my own and Oleksander Chaliy, Sherman Garnett, Natalia Kra- do not necessarily represent the official positions of vets, Valeriy Kuchinskiy, William Miller, Igor Nev- the United States government. erov, Theodore Piccone, Roman Popadiuk, James Schumaker, Nikolai Sokov, Strobe Talbott and James I appreciate Gail Chalef’s assistance in the paper’s Timbie for taking the time to review earlier drafts editing and production. Finally, I am very grateful of this paper and for their helpful comments. I am to the MacArthur Foundation and Ploughshares also grateful to Paul Hilburn and the Department of Fund for their generous support for this paper and State for the expeditious review of the manuscript for other activities of the Brookings Arms Control for declassification purposes. Of course, the con- Initiative. ForeigN Policy aT BrookiNgs • A r m s C o n t ro l s e r i es The TrilaTeral Process: t h e U n i t e d s tAt es , U k rA i n e , r U ss i A A n d n uc l e A r W e A p o n s ii Table of Contents Acknowledgments ..........................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Ukraine Lives! 8
    raine ives! In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the proclamation of Ukraine's independence The Ukrainian Weekly Parsippany, N.J. © 2002 The Ukrainian Weekly 2200 Route 10 P.O. Box 280 Parsippany, N.J. 07054 Compiled by the editors of The Ukrainian Weekly Design/layout: Serge Polishchuk Cover photo: Efrem Lukatsky Photos: Roman Woronowycz, Marta Kolomayets, Chrystyna Lapychak, Roma Hadzewycz Typesetting: Awilda Rolon Production: Markian Rybak Administration: Walter Honcharyk Contents Ukraine lives! 8 Timeline 10 FROM PEREBUDOVA TO INDEPENDENCE Herald editors renew Ukrainian Helsinki Group 22 Helsinki Accords monitors in Ukraine confirm their membership in group 23 Outspoken Ukrainian artists describe effect of reforms on Ukraine's cultural life 25 Official program honors Shevchenko, upstaging unofficial cultural protest 35 Non-Russian national rights activists form Committee of Patriotic Movements 37 Democratic Front to Promote Perestroika formed in Ukraine 41 Lviv authorities crack down on public meetings 44 "Fortunate are those who remain steadfast through God's trials" 46 Multitudes in Lviv mark November 1 Act in historic vigil at Yaniv Cemetery 47 U.S., Soviet officials address human rights in Moscow talks 48 Mass meeting in Kiev focuses on ecological issues, political situation 51 Initiative group seeks renewal of Ukrainian Orthodox Church 54 Ukrainian Memorial Society confronts vestiges of Stalinism in Ukraine 58 Thousands gather at Kiev area site of mass murders by Stalin's NKVD 63 Ukrainian faithful in Moscow raise Catholic
    [Show full text]