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[email protected] https://www.facebook.com/NECUkraine/ https://twitter.com/NEC_Ukraine 2020 ANNUAL REPORT 2020 This report was prepared by the New Europe Center as part of its project implemented under the USAID/ ENGAGE activity, which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Pact.
The contents of this report are the sole responsibility of Pact and its implementing partners and do not necessary reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. Contents
FOREWORD 4 ABOUT US 6 OUR MISSION 7 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES OF THE NEW EUROPE CENTER 7 WHO IS WHO IN THE NEW EUROPE CENTER 8 OUR ACHIEVEMENTS 10 NEW EUROPE CENTER IN 2020 IN NUMBERS 14 ANALYTICS, EVENTS AND INITIATIVES 16 INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT 28 COMMUNICATIVE CAPACITIES 30 PARTNERS SURVEY 32 PROJECTS 34 FINANCIAL STATEMENT 35 PLANS FOR 2021 36 OUR DONORS IN 2020 38 OUR PARTNERS 39 ANNEX 1. CALENDAR OF THE NEW EUROPE CENTER. ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTER IN 2020 40 FOREWORD
The previous year, 2020, was another sustainability сheck for the New Europe Center. Serious restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic have been added in addition to the traditional challenges faced by independent think-tanks in the field of foreign policy and security in Ukraine.
I am proud of the New Europe Center team to pass the challenges with honor and dignity. According to none of the indicators – be it the quality and quantity of analytical materials, the number of events carried out or the strengthening of communication and organizational capabilities - we have not lost a single position compared to the last year.
The option “pause” has proven to be unclaimed for our Center As in the previous years of the Center's activities, we felt a crazy demand Alyona Getmanchuk, during the quarantine restrictions. We have taken full advantage for our expertise from public authorities. We were invited by the Ukrainian Director of the New Europe of that period to prepare the policy researches and thus to authorities to develop four state strategies at once: the National Security Center enhance the level of our expertise, to increase our presence in mass Strategy, the Foreign Policy Strategy, the Asian Strategy, and the Public media and social media, as well as to test the new mixed format Diplomacy Strategy. We also acted as a communication platform for combining online and offline components to conduct the events and open communication between key state foreign policy stakeholders and discussions. foreign policy experts. Within the framework of our New Europe Center Club, we organized the informal discussions of foreign policy challenges As a result, during the past year our activities have been somewhat with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vice Prime Minister for European and marked with the “30” figure - we have prepared 30 thorough Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, diplomatic adviser to the President analytical outputs, organized 34 events, as well as co-organized and of Ukraine. took part in 31 events of our partners. However, keeping in mind that not only Kyiv is moving into the EU, but We conducted a large-scale, innovative study, analyzing the “Soft the whole Ukraine, we did not forget about the regions of Ukraine. We Power of Ukraine” in five post-Soviet states. Together with Georgian have managed for the second time to analyze and compare the level partners we have prepared and appropriately advocated common of the European integration of Ukrainian regions within the framework Ukrainian-Georgian recommendations in the framework of the NATO of our other innovative and large-scale research “The European map of Reflection Process, which should result into the updated Alliance’s Ukraine”. 2030 Strategic Concept. This is not a complete list of our achievements in the extremely turbulent I am sure that we have built evidentiary muscles of Ukraine’s year of 2020. In the annual report, you can find out more about our other foreign policy and public diplomacy by conducting the large- important initiatives and research. We entered 2021 with an equally scale sociological researches – the one dealing with the priorities decisive task not only to bring Ukraine closer to the EU and NATO but also and challenges of Ukraine’s foreign policy (conducted among to do everything possible so that Ukraine could become a real center of Ukrainians), the other exploring Ukraine’s perception in the EU New Europe. (namely in Germany, France, Ital and Poland).
4 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 5 ABOUT US OUR MISSION
The mission of the New Europe Center is to The New Europe Center was founded in 2017 conduct analytical research and project as an independent think tank. Despite the new activities with a view to promoting European brand, it is based on the experience of a team standards and practices in Ukraine as well that has been working together since 2009 as maintaining the support of public opinion (previously within the Institute of World Politics). leaders, EU and NATO officials for Ukraine’s European and Euro-Atlantic prospects. The vision of the New Europe Center is as close as possible to the vision of the future of In our terms, “New Europe” is a Europe without the Ukrainian state as seen by the majority fault lines; a Europe of which Ukraine must of its citizens: Ukraine must be integrated into become an integral part. New Europe is a the European Union and NATO. Integration combination of efforts and initiatives that would implies not so much formalized membership serve for the prosperity of Ukraine, the region as adopting best standards and practices and the whole continent. for Ukraine’s effective belonging to the Euro- Atlantic value space. STRATEGIC PRIORITIES OF During 2010–2019, the team of the New Europe Center managed THE NEW EUROPE CENTER to gain the recognition and trust not only of the Ukrainian expert community and decision-makers but also of the international Enhancing the effectiveness of diplomatic and expert community. Over 11 years, the center’s Ukraine’s foreign and security specialists have drawn up a total of more than 150 analytical policy through analytical materials. materials and recommendations 1 in line with the “New Europe.”
Effectively and regularly communicating the advantages of Ukraine’s European and Euro- 2 Atlantic choice.
Increasing the level of interest of European countries and the United States in supporting 3 Ukraine.
6 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 7 Iuliia Kononenko Ph.D.Iuliia Visiting Kononenko Assistant Professor, RadfordPh.D. University Visiting Assistant Professor, WHO IS WHO Radford University IN THE NEW EUROPE CENTER
Olena Betliy Head, Ph.D. in History, Associate Alyona Getmanchuk SUPERVISORY ProfessorOlena at Betliy the National University Sergiy Solodkyy Director BOARD "KyivHead, Mohyla Ph.D. Academy" in History, (Ukraine) Associate First Deputy Director Alyona Getmanchuk SUPERVISORY Professor at the National University Sergiy Solodkyy Director BOARD "Kyiv Mohyla Academy" (Ukraine) First Deputy Director Mykola Siruk foreign policy journalist Leonid Litra Mykola Siruk Senior Research foreign policy journalist Leonid LitraFellow Senior Research Fellow Daisuke Kitade Research Fellow, Mitsui & Co. Yevhen Marchuk GlobalDaisuke Strategic Kitade Studies former Minister of Defense, Secretary of Tetiana Levoniuk InstituteResearch (Japan) Fellow, Mitsui & Co. the YevhenNational MarchukSecurity and Defense Research Fellow Global Strategic Studies Council,former Prime Minister Minister of Defense, (Ukraine) Secretary of Tetiana Levoniuk Institute (Japan) the National Security and Defense Research Fellow Council, Prime Minister (Ukraine) Roman Shpek Ukrainian statesman and formerRoman Ukraine’s Shpek AmbassadorUkrainian to statesmanthe and Europeanformer Union Ukraine’s (Ukraine) КОМАНДА Ambassador to the Marianna European Union (Ukraine) Fakhurdinova КОМАНДА STRATEGIC MariannaResearch Fellow ADVISORY Carl Bildt and Communications GROUP former Sweden’s FakhurdinovaManager STRATEGIC Foreign Minister and Research Fellow ADVISORY PrimeCarl Minister Bildt and Communications GROUP (Sweden)former Sweden’s Manager Gerald Knaus Foreign Minister and founding Chairman Prime Minister and lead analyst of (Sweden) Lesia Pitsenko theGerald European Knaus Adrian Karatnycky Finance Director Anna Medvedeva Senior Fellow at the Stabilityfounding Initiative Chairman Atlantic Council (USA) Associated Fellow (Austria)and lead analyst of James Sherr Lesia Pitsenko the European Adrian Karatnycky Finance Director Kateryna Zarembo Anna Medvedeva Senior Research Fellow of the Estonian Foreign Senior Fellow at the Associated Fellow Stability Initiative Policy Institute Atlantic Council (USA) Associated Fellow (Austria) James Sherr Kateryna Zarembo Senior Research Fellow of the Estonian Foreign Associated Fellow Policy Institute
8 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 9 ANALYTICAL INTEGRATION OUR ACHIEVEMENTS
CONTRIBUTION TO NATIONAL STRATEGIZING AND COOPERATION WITH THE AUTHORITIES
Analysts of the New Europe Center took an active part in working groups that developed strategic documents for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. In particular, the organization’s specialists were involved in the preparation of the Foreign Policy Strategy, the Public Diplomacy The New Europe Center deepened cooperation Strategy and the Asian Strategy. with leading think tanks in the European Union Our experts also took an active part and the United States. Despite the pandemic, in deliberations and expert meetings our center presented a number of joint analytical with the Deputy Prime Ministers documents with colleagues from Germany and for European and Euro-Atlantic France. Five events were organized with the MAKING Integration of Ukraine. Institute for European Politics (Germany). HEADLINES
Last year, articles about the NEW EUROPE IN New Europe Center’s research appeared on the front covers of THE EXTERNAL leading Ukrainian print media INDEPENDENT three times! In December, TESTING the Novoye Vremya and Day newspapers published extended Success is when your research articles about two large-scale is quoted even in the EIT, the opinion polls carried out by examination for admission to the New Europe Center titled Ukrainian universities! Last year, What Is Ukraine’s Perception in one of the tasks in the EIT on the the EU? and Diplomacy 2021: Ukrainian Language and Literature Expectations of Ukrainian mentioned a study carried out by Society, and in May, our the New Europe Center: “The Youth European map of Ukraine of Ukraine 2017 poll shows that graced the cover of the Day more than 60 percent of Ukrainian newspaper. Besides, comments youth are proud to be citizens of of the New Europe Center’s Ukraine. At the same time, one This all-Ukrainian poll was conducted by the New Europe Center and analysts are regularly mentioned in five respondents is considering the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Ukraine in 2017. Based on its results, in the world’s leading media. moving abroad.” analysts of our center wrote a comprehensive study titled Ukrainian "Generation Z": Attitudes and Values.
10 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 11 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
THEY RECOMMEND US
The New Europe Center receives favorable reviews from Ukrainian and foreign high-ranking officials and experts, who recommend our studies and events in the media as well as their social networks.
Yehor Bozhok, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Embassy of Oleksiy Reznikov takes part in the discussion from the New Ukraine in the Europe Center «Transnistrian model for Donbas: the best USA about the of the worst? » article of Alyona Getmanchuk «A dream and NATO»
The interview of Oleksiy Reznikov, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany Territories of Ukraine for «Dzerkalo Tyzhnia»
Andrii Bukvych, General Director of the Directorate for Foreign Policy; Mykola Siruk, the Head of international section daily «The Day»; Oleksandr Sushko, Executive Director at the International Renaissance The interview of Iuliia Mendel, the Spokesperson to Foundation (IRF); Kateryna Smagliy, Head the President of Ukraine for «Radio Svoboda» of the International Cooperation Division at Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine; Daria First Deputy Minister Emine Dzheppar, Gaidai, Advisor to the Deputy PM for for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine
Government Office for Coordination on Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for Etienne de Poncins, Katarina Mathernova, Deputy Director General European and Euro-Atlantic Integration European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ambassador of France to at DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Ukraine Ukraine Negotiations (DG NEAR), European Commission 12 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 13 NEW EUROPE CENTER IN 2020 IN NUMBERS
We organized 34 events with the participation of governmental and parliamentary representatives, foreign officials, experts and diplomats
The center prepared 30 studies and analytical materials
More than
500 mentions of events and analysis of the New Europe Center in the media
Analysts of the center delivered speeches at 31 public events of our partners in Ukraine and abroad
14 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 15 EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ANALYTICS, EVENTS AND INITIATIVES As a fundamental foreign policy area, European integration has always been a priority in the STRENGTHENING UKRAINE’S FOREIGN analytical work of the New Europe Center. Leo AND SECURITY POLICY Litra, Senior Research Fellow, prepared a number of papers on the topic of the Eastern Partnership and CONFLICT RESOLUTION cooperation between Ukraine and the European 3 Union. In particular, the analyst co-authored a report Post-2020 Eastern Partnership Policy Brief
https://www.facebook.com/NECUkraine/ http://neweurope.org.ua/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/NEC_Ukraine Deliverables for the three EU
, 2020
Given that unemployment is EUROPEAN DONBAS: the biggest concern for the Associated countries – Georgia, vast majority of residents how to talk about European integration in Donetsk and Luhansk regions GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ORDER in Donetsk and Luhansk SCENARIOS FOR regions, creating new jobs LOOKING IN THE MIRROR: with EU assistance (and declaring this assistance) WHAT TRANSNISTRIA TELLS US SETTLEMENT OF THE would be the best promotion 1 Given that unemployment is the New non-governmental organizations When communicating European of European integration. ABOUT DONBAS? biggest concern for the vast majority of and movements that are engaged in integration, it is worth emphasizing the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine residentsCONFLICT in Donetsk and Luhansk civic AROUND education and promotion of good reforms and changes it means rather EUROPEAN regions, creating new jobs with EU governance in the East could be the than formal membership. assistance (and declaring this assistance) best promoters of European integration Leonid Litra would be the best promotionDONBAS of in the Donbas – also because people in DONBAS: New non-governmental European integration. Donbas have a higher trust in political organizations and movements information if they receive it from local that are engaged in civic The 2019 regime change in Moldova was widely unique. It is maybe residents. how to talk about European integration education and promotion of a result of joint teamwork of 37 good governance in the East for the first time when EU, Russia and the U.S. have endorsed the in Donetsk and Luhansk regions could be the best promoters same plan for Moldova, although for different reasons. In Chisinau, of European integration in the experts say that before, nobody was able to unify the position of the Donbas – also because people three actors in Moldova — but oligarc h Vlad Plahotniuc managed. in Donbas have a higher trust in political information if they However, the technical partnership between President Igor Dodon receive it from local residents. and Prime Minister Maia Sandu did not last. After few months of Kateryna Zarembo researchers from think tanks in the EU, governance, the Sandu government was dismissed amid opposition October 2020 from Igor Dodon to reform the law-enforcement agencies and judiciary and a new government was installed. The next important When communicating milestone for Moldova is the presidential elections scheduled for This publication is a part of the European integration, Think Tank Development Initiative the fall of 2020 and possible early parliamentary elections. The it is worth emphasizing the 1 for Ukraine, implemented by role of the new government is seen as an actor meant to create reforms and changes it the International Renaissance Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, and the necessary conditions for Dodon’s reelection and ensure that his means rather than formal Foundation in partnership with the membership. Open Society Initiative for Europe image is promoted at all levels. The president is not only looking to (OSIFE) with the financial support get reelected for the second term, but also to get a majority in the of the Embassy of Sweden in Ukraine. next parliament, which is improbable but possible. The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not co-authored a study dubbed Reviving necessarily reflect those of the Kyiv, 2020 Embassy of Sweden in Ukraine, the International Renaissance Foundation and the Open Society 1 This document is a summary of a policy paper which was prepared by the New Europe Center Initiative for Europe (OSIFE). for the Ukrainian authorities. The author carried out 14 interviews with experts from Chisinau, Kyiv, Tiraspol, Washington, Brussels, Bucharest, Paris, Munich and Berlin. the Eastern Partnership as a follow- up to four workshops in Chişinău, Kyiv, Analysts of the New Europe Center focused much of their efforts on elaborating documents that would be Tbilisi and Brussels in 2019. useful for representatives of relevant authorities in countering Russia’s aggressive policy. In particular, an U.S. ELECTION extensive prognostic study entitled Scenarios for the Conflict Settlement in Donbas was prepared. Analysts continued to monitor the situation around the Transnistrian settlement (as shown by a policy brief Transnistrian Scenario for Donbas by Senior Research Fellow Leo Litra). Associate Analyst Kateryna Zarembo prepared a study entitled European Donbas: How to Talk about European Integration in Donetsk and Luhansk Regions. EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION 4
The New Europe Center attached particular attention to the election in the United States. Director Alyona Hetmanchuk prepared a series of analytical documents on Ukrainian-American 2 cooperation. Specifically, she was the author of in-depth analytical portraits Ukrainian Profile of Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Thanks to the New Europe Center, Ukrainian diplomacy now has at its disposal detailed recommendations The year of 2020 can to some extent be called the year on Ukraine’s cooperation with the Biden of NATO in the work of the New Europe Center’s analysts. administration. In turn, American partners As an example, Alyona Getmanchuk prepared a policy received the Transatlantic Ambition policy brief called Ukraine-NATO. What’s Next after Enhanced memo with Ukraine’s expectations from Biden’s Partnership? Researchers have also analyzed draft presidency.. laws related to Euro-Atlantic integration. These activities reached their crescendo in the preparation of a unique Ukrainian-Georgian analytical document with relevant recommendations within the NATO Reflection Process. The ideas of the New Europe Center were taken into account in the elaboration of the final recommendations drafted by experts invited by the NATO Secretary-General. Eugene Enin, Deputy Foreign Minister at MFA of Ukraine
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The New Europe Center has traditionally followed developments in Ukrainian- German relations. A unique analysis of the expectations of the Ukrainian The New Europe Center’s analysts have also responded to the last and German authorities regarding cooperation prospects was prepared year’s key challenge, the pandemic, by drawing up policy briefs on jointly with the Berlin-based Institute for European Politics. A separate policy coronavirus diplomacy and health care in the EU. brief was dedicated to the suspension of the construction of the Russian- led Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline. In 2020, there took place five working Ukrainian-German breakfasts, where Ukrainian experts had an opportunity DIPLOMACY-2021 to communicate informally with German speakers specializing in the field. Together with the sociological ASIAN STRATEGY company Info Sapiens, the New Europe Center analyzed Analysts of the New Europe Center formed part of the working group of the Ministry of 9 public sentiment in Ukraine Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the preparation of the Asian strategy. Wishing the scope of regarding foreign policy. The this activity, the center’s analytical team prepared recommendations on the potential risks study resulted in determining 6 of cooperation with China for Ukraine’s relations with the EU, the U.S. and NATO as well as the public assessment of the relevant analysis and recommendations on the development of bilateral relations between current foreign policy priorities Ukraine and Japan. and identifying the major diplomatic tasks in 2021. Dmytro Kuleba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, took part in the presentation of the study, at which he expressed his high Dmytro Kuleba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine appreciation of the analytical document of the New Europe Center.
BILATERAL RELATIONS AND BEYOND
Analysts of the New Europe Center also did not ignore other issues related to Ukraine’s foreign policy and therefore of interest to Ukrainian 7 diplomats. The cooperation between Ukraine and Poland remained an important area of the New Europe Center’s analytical work. Our researchers also prepared analytical Sergiy Solodkyy, First Deputy Director Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Co-founder CFC Consulting; Hanna Hopko, the documents on Ukraine’s relations with Belarus, of the «New Europe Center»; Chairwoman of the National Interests Advocacy Network «ANTS»; Leonid Litra, Georgia, Slovakia, etc. Petro Beshta, Director General of Senior Research Fellow; Alyona Getmanchuk, Director of the «New Europe Political directorate at MFA Ukraine Center»
18 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 19 COMMUNICATING ● In conditions of UKRAINE’S EUROPEAN the coronavirus pandemic, the New CHOICE AT THE REGIONAL Europe Center drew LEVEL up a separate case study, The Euromap of Ukraine: Health THE EUROPEAN MAP Care, which analyzes OF UKRAINE-2 23 health indicators. 1 This study became ● Analysts of the New Europe Center continued part of the second to advocate the first edition of the study edition of The The European Map of Ukraine. Rating of Euromap of Ukraine. European Integration of Regions, prepared in cooperation with the Governmental Office for Coordination on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration. In order to raise awareness of Ukrainians about the benefits of European integration, our analysts held a public discussion in Zaporizhzhia and prepared two discussion notes on the ● The New Europe Center published the second European integration of Dnipropetrovsk and edition of The Euromap of Ukraine, a one- Zaporizhzhia regions. of-a-kind rating of European integration of Ukraine’s regions based on a thorough analysis of 50 indicators from nine areas. The study was presented in Kyiv and made available online in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
Alexander Markus, Chair- man of the Ger- man-Ukrainian Chamber of In- Artur Boyko, Head of the De- dustry and Com- partment for External Rela- merce tions and Foreign Economic Activity of the Regional State Administration Askad Ashurbekov, political expert, sociologist
20 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 21 COOPERATION WITH REGIONS COMMUNICATING UKRAINE COMMUNICATION IN THE EU AND THE U.S. At the request of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration, CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON RELEVANT TOPICS analysts Tetiana Levoniuk and AND THEIR COMMUNICATION OVERSEAS 2 Marianna Fakhurdinova conducted online lessons for schoolchildren in the region devoted to the European 1 Union and NATO. It is worth noting that the cooperation with the representatives of the administration is constant, as evidenced by four events held over the year through our combined effort.
The New Europe Center’s analysts Etienne de Poncins, Ambassador of France to Ukraine are closely involved in the opening of regional offices for European integration: Sergiy Solodkyy and Tetiana Levoniuk took part in the meeting opening the first Regional Office of European Integration in Kherson and Dnipro, organized by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine in cooperation with relevant regional state organization. ● With a view to gaining an insight into the European sentiment towards Ukraine, the New Europe Center conducted a public opinion poll in France, Germany, Italy and Poland called What Is Ukraine’s Perception in the EU? The presentation of the study in November this year was attended by Emine Dzaparova, First Deputy Minister DECENTRALIZATION AND for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Etienne de Poncins, Ambassador of France to Ukraine, EUROPEAN INTEGRATION heads of Ukrainian embassies in Germany, Poland and Italy and foreign journalists. Emine Dzheppar, First The study sparked a wide public attention in Ukraine and was also covered by Deputy Minister for Foreign Decentralization is considered one foreign journalists and the media as well as Ukrainian embassies in Europe. Affairs of Ukraine 3 of the most successful reforms in Ukraine, but the question remains whether there is there a link between European integration and decentralization. This is exactly the issue the New Europe Center’s analysts addressed in a study prepared in partnership with the Center for East European and International Studies (ZOiS, Germany). The latter is premised on analytical notes prepared by regional analysts from different parts of Ukraine, including Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv, Poltava, Sumy and Donetsk regions. Andrij Melnyk, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Fabrice Deprez, correspondent for French daily “La Croix” Germany
22 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 23 2 COOPERATING WITH FOREIGN THINK TANKS ● In 2020, the materials of our experts were in especially high demand in foreign think tanks. At the request of the IEP (Germany), the DGAP (Germany), the Ifri (France), the ISPI (Italy) and Polis180 (Germany), the New Europe Center’s analysts, as invited experts, conducted research and wrote articles that were published on the websites of these centers of excellence. ● In 2020, our experts authored joint studies with analysts from the ZOiS (Germany), the EU ISS (France), the IEP (Germany) and the GISS (Georgia). The New Europe Center organized a number of joint events Andrii Bukvych, Director-General of the Foreign with such well-known foreign partners as Chatham House, Atlantic Policy Directorate of the Office of the President Council (USA), the GMF (USA), the IEP (Germany), the IFRI (France) of Ukraine and the ZOiS (Germany). ● In 2020, the think tanks LibMod (Berlin) and EuroCreative (Paris) published several materials from the book New Europe on their websites. The collection of essays by intellectuals was initiated by the New Europe Center and published by the Old Lion Publishing House in 2018. ● The New Europe Center cooperates on a permanent basis with leading foreign analysts within the framework of the regular column of our center New Europe Wonders, which presents the opinions of experts on topical issues of Ukraine’s foreign policy. In 2020, 38 leading foreign experts were involved in 6 such surveys. The joint event organized by the «New Eu- rope Center» and The German Marshall Fund (GMF, the USA)
FOREIGN MEDIA 3The New Europe Center’s analysts are also active in giving comments ● The New Europe Center analyzed whether Zelenskyy’s presidency on current events in the world and had become an element of Ukraine’s soft power in five post-Soviet Ukraine to foreign media, thus countries in a large-scale innovative study entitled Ukraine’s contributing to the dissemination of Regional “Soft Power”. Changes during the Presidency of truthful information about Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Case Studies of Belarus, Georgia, abroad. This year, the materials of Vadym Halaichuk, First Deputy Moldova, Kazakhstan and Russia. The presentation of the study our analysts were published by The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada was attended by Yevhen Yenin, Deputy Minister for Foreign New York Times, Atlantic Council, the Committee on the EU Integration of Affairs of Ukraine, Andrii Bukvych, Director-General of the Foreign BBC, Deutsche Welle, Foreign Policy, Ukraine Policy Directorate of the Office of the President of Ukraine, and POLITICO Europe, Radio Free Europe/ Vadym Halaichuk, First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Radio Liberty, BuzzFeedNews, Radio Rada Committee on the EU Integration of Ukraine. The study was Europa Liberă Moldova, Le Courrier translated into English and Russian and circulated among experts D’Europe Centrale, Le Courrier des from Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Kazakhstan and Russia. Balkans, etc.
24 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 25 TRUST-BASED FORMATS
The New Europe Center has become a platform for a trust-based dialogue between the authorities and foreign policy analysts. The center organized regular events in an “off-the-record” format, attended by Ukrainian and foreign ministers, advisers to heads of state and representatives of Dmytro Kuleba parliaments. NEW EUROPE CLUBS Germany Breakfast Debates are organized in partnership with the Institute of the Last year, our center organized European Politics (Berlin) three New Europe Clubs with under the patronage of distinguished guests: Dmytro Kuleba, the German Ambassa- 1Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, dor Anka Feldhusen Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration GERMAN BREAKFASTS IN UKRAINE of Ukraine, and Ihor Zhovkva, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. 2As part of the German Ukrainian Researchers Network (GURN) project, the New Europe Center organized five German breakfasts — unique closed meetings for discussing the views of German experts and decision-makers on events in Ukraine and Germany and forging a professional dialogue between experts These events became a unique from both countries. opportunity for representatives of the government, the parliament and a number of key embassies as well as for Ukrainian foreign and security policy experts and journalists to compare notes and discuss Ukraine’s most pressing foreign policy issues in an informal atmosphere. Alyona Getmanchuk, Halyna Yanchenko, Sergiy Solodkyy Alexander Markus Olga Stefanishyna Ihor Zhovkva The events were attended by, in particular, Matthias Lüttenberg, Head of the Department for Eastern and South-Eastern Europe at the German Federal Chancellor’s Office, Oleksii Reznikov, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, Omid Nouripour, Chairman of the German- Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group, Halyna Yanchenko, Co- Chair of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Federal Republic of Germany in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Alexander Marcus, Chairman of the German-Ukrainian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Robert Kirchner, Deputy Head of the German Advisory Group at Berlin Economics).
Embassy of France in Ukraine
26 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 27 INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
#NEWEUROPE_TEACHES #NEWEUROPE_LEARNS Analysts of the New Europe Center conduct trainings on writing 3 analytical materials within the framework of a program devised Not only does the New Europe Center share its experience, but by the International Renaissance Foundation. For example, the representatives of our center also constantly improve their 1Associate Analyst of the Center Kateryna Zarembo conducted an skills in various fields. Specifically, Tetiana Levoniuk participated in online seminar How to Write Analytical Materials and, together the international winter school How to Avoid Becoming a Pseudo with Maxim Yakovliev, an online seminar Analytics for Beginners. Researcher? The Craft of Political Analysis, which took place in Poland on January 27–31. In turn, Marianna Fakhurdinova took part in a training called Fundamentals of Effective Communication: How Think Tanks Become Visible, organized by STABLE the International Renaissance Foundation. COOPERATION WITH UKRAINIAN 4 PARTNERS Analysts of the New Europe Center took part in and were co- ● The New Europe Center organizes and participates students Meet the European Union! and NATO- organizers of events in events for students of higher educational Ukraine: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words. of other Ukrainian establishments. In particular, Alyona Hetmanchuk organizations. Among delivered a lecture Proactive International Analytics: ● Analysts of the New Europe Center also share the partners of the Defending the National Interests of Ukraine upon their expertise in communications and the New Europe Center, the invitation of Hennadii Udovenko Diplomatic institutional development of think tanks. In 2020, there are National Academy of Ukraine. Tetiana Levoniuk and Marianna Marianna Fakhurdinova gave a lecture How to Interests Advocacy Fakhurdinova communicated with students of Kyiv Find Your Target Audience and Communication Network ANTS, the Mohyla Academy as part of a discussion Analytical Channels at a Communication in Advocacy Foreign Policy Council Centers: Everything You Wanted to Know. School of the Center for Democracy and Rule "Ukrainian Prism," the of Law and Kateryna Zarembo conducted a Ukrainian Institute, the ● At the invitation of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State workshop Monitoring and Evaluation for Think Razumkov Center, Ilko Administration, analysts of the New Europe Center Tanks: Impact Assessment. Kucheriv Democratic conducted two online lessons for high-school Initiatives Foundation, Anticorruption Action Center and others. INTERNSHIP AT THE NEW EUROPE CENTER
The New Europe Center actively involves to its activities the younger generation of analysts from both Ukraine and abroad. Despite the 2 coronavirus pandemic, Artem Khalimovskyi (Kyiv Mohyla Academy), Anastasia Mitasova (Kyiv Mohyla Academy) and Maryna Burska (Kyiv Mohyla Academy) attended internships at the center thanks to online formats.
28 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 New Europe Center Annual Report / 2020 29 GAINING MOMENTUM 1.1 The number of people who follow the pages of the million people COMMUNICATIVE CAPACITIES New Europe Center on social networks is constantly in a year 2 growing. In 2020, the number of likes on the center’s on social networks Facebook page increased by 50 percent. The New USING VARIOUS COMMUNICATION CHANNELS Europe Center’s posts on social networks and on the website reached about 1.1 million people in a year.
We prepare monthly newsletters describing the events, research and publications of our center’s experts The media mentioned New Europe uses the following published on social networks and sent to our partners. the center's products 1 more than communication channels: Facebook, more than Twitter, Youtube, website. . 50 150 1 2 500 The New Europe Center also communicates ТAmong the traditional Ukrainian partners of our materials for the interviews and million people times over the past year. in various Ukrainian and foreign media. Last center, there are Yevropeiska Pravda, Ukrainska media (articles, comments for Ukrainian The total coverage of the and foreign media population with the mass media year, the materials and comments of our Pravda, TSN, BBC Ukraine, Den, Siohodni, Radio op-eds) experts appeared in the following renowned foreign Liberty, Mirror of the Week, Hromadske Radio, News of During 2020, our analysts prepared more than 50 materials for the publications: The New York Times, Atlantic Council, the Donbass, LIGA.NET, Business Ukraine, NV, Suspilne.UA media (articles, op-eds). Representatives of the center also gave BBC, Deutsche Welle, Foreign Policy, POLITICO Europe, almost 150 interviews and comments for Ukrainian and foreign Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, BuzzFeedNews, Radio media outlets. Over the past year, the media mentioned the center's Europa Liberă Moldova, Le Courrier D’Europe Centrale, products more than 500 times over the past year. The total coverage Le Courrier des Balkans, etc. of the population with the center’s publications in the mass media stands at about 1.2 million people.
Investments under microscope. By making other countries economically dependent, China can advance its own political interests abroad. European-style investment screening should be one of New Europe Center VISUALIZING RESEARCH the options to respond to the relevant risks. http://neweurope.org.ua/
Euro-Atlantic partners are a priority. Trade without dependence. Absence of trade Proper prioritizing and communication are dependence on China protects Ukraine in the FINDINGS important: development of relations with future from China’s use of Ukrainian products Asian states should not impede Ukraine’s in the Chinese market as a leverage against imtegration to the EU and NATO. СHINA Ukraine in other issues. AND UKRAINE How to mitigate the risks of cooperation with China Cyber/information security. Arms sales. So far, the EU and Ukraine should review EU’s for Ukraine's relations with the EU, the US and NATO? the US have not publicly criticized experience in the field of Ukraine’s arms sales to China. information security and, It is possible that the issue of In order to better disseminate if possible, join relevant Ukraine’s arms sales to China may initiatives. arise on the EU and US agenda.
its analytics among various Traps of infrastructure projects. Emphasis on rules-based approach. In its Ukraine is interested in transport communication with China, Ukraine could corridors to Asia bypassing Russia emphasize a rules-based international order. (for instance China’s One Belt One Such an approach would be completely in Road initiative). However, one should OVERALL CONCLUSIONS line with the interests of Ukraine, which sees be cautious about Chinese loans for a potential in mutually beneficial cooperation audiences, the New Europe infrastructure projects of dubious with China and also hopes for support within 3 value and benefit. international organizations.
Center prepares infographics, Intellectual Property. Ukraine needs to resolve Preliminary consultations on sensitive projects. Ukraine intellectual property issues with China and define the should evaluate any infrastructure, technology or, a fortiori, terms of cooperation between Ukrainian and Chinese security project in cooperation with China in terms of its companies and researchers. impact on relations with the US or the EU.
where it presents the basic ideas http://neweurope.org.ua/analytics/kytaj/ of in-depth research in a simplified form. Research findings are visualized for greater clarity and intelligibility of materials. SHARING
MAIN ASSOCIATIONS KNOWLEDGE What is Ukraine’s perception in the EU? WITH UKRAINE Cases of Germany, France, Italy, Poland The New Europe Center not only develops its АSSOCIATIONS TOP 3 GERMANY TOP 3 FRANCE TOP 3 ITALY TOP 3 POLAND 4 00 IN GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY AND POLAND х In five years, the associations of Ukraine with war own communicative capacities but also gladly dropped by 4 times from 49% to 12% and with Russia twofold: from 18% in 2015 to 9% in 2020.