ISSUE №3, 2020/21 Global Diaspora th Interview Project MICHAEL 30 ANNIVERSARY SMERCONISH OF CUPP PROGRAM ANDREW P. W. BENNETT MARKO PAVLYSHYN EUGENE Z. STAKHIV ANDRIY SEMOTIUK MYRON MOMRYK SERHY YEKELCHYK TETIANA DZULYNSKY CANADA-UKRAINE PARLIAMENTARY PROGRAM ПАРЛЯМЕНТАРНА ПРОГРАМА КАНАДА-УКРАЇНА PROGRAMME PARLIAMENTAIRE CANADA-UKRAINE Kaspar Schultz of the University of Tartu, Estonia wrote: If Ukraine joined NATO, it is likely that Ukraine would have to sacrifice Crimea and possibly accept the sovereignty of Donbas. It is unlikely that all NATO countries would accept Ukraine as is. NATO members want their own security first and are willing to help others on the principle of solidarity. Ukraine, on the other hand, would immediately need security assistance to make their country whole again. Having to help out Ukraine is a certainty, which could come at a heavy cost for other member states. CUPP 2018 interns meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the House of Commons foyer. Erik KUCHERENKO, CUPP 2022 applicant, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv replied: content: 1991 CANADA-UKRAINE PARLIAMENTARY POGRAM 2020 3 NATO: to be/not to be! On July 16, 1990, the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR adopted the Declaration of Sovereignty, Overall, I find it difficult to agree with Kaspar and Eastern Ukraine would mean abandoning the which declared that Parliament recognized the need to build the Ukrainian state based on the Rule of Schultz. I do understand his concern. Many NATO national idea of our statehood, which is, of course, 4 CUPP 2021 Candidates Law. states are reluctant to run additional risks related unacceptable. Indeed, the population in these areas is Global Diaspora On August 24, 1991, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted the Declaration of Independence, which Oto the ongoing war in Eastern Ukraine and Russian less enthusiastic about the Euro Atlantic integration Interview Project: the citizens of Ukraine endorsed in the referendum of December 1, 1991. Also, in 1991, Canadians occupied Crimea. However, it is not necessarily an than people in other parts of Ukraine. However, this 20 Michael Smerconish celebrated the Centennial of Ukrainian group immigration to Canada. To mark the Centennial, Canadian insurmountable obstacle. For example, Turkey, an is a manageable issue which must be systematically 26 Andrew P. W. Bennett organizations planned programs and projects to celebrate this milestone in Canada’s history. important NATO member, has recently conducted tackled by the Ukrainian government. In the end, a number of interventions into Syrian and Iraqi 35 Marko Pavlyshyn The Chair of Ukrainian Studies Foundation of Toronto marked the Centennial by establishing in the the Baltic states, being NATO members, also have big territories and participated in active warfare. These 40 Eugene Z. Stakhiv Canadian Parliament, the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program (CUPP) for university students from Russian minorities sceptical about NATO. Ukraine. CUPP gives Ukrainian students an opportunity to observe parliamentary democracy and were not official NATO operations, nor were they 44 Andriy Semotiuk Finally, I agree that Ukraine’s best strategy is to government and gain experience from which generations of Canadian, American and West European unanimously supported by the Allies, yet it did not Myron Momryk strengthen its military and economic power, make 50 students have benefited. deprive Turkey of its right to protect its national its voice heard both in the occupied territories and 54 Serhy Yekelchyk Since 1991 over 1,000 university students have participated in the CUPP internship programs and interests. Besides, Turkey is also engaged in de facto in the world, while exerting pressure on the Russian 57 Tetiana Dzulynsky the Model Ukraine Conferences at universities in Ottawa, Toronto, Washington USA, Oxford UK, Lviv control over Northern Cyprus, the United Kingdom Federation together with the international community. and Kyiv. is condemned by international community, including 59 Talented Ukrainians Indeed, our strategy should be to ‘ride out the Russian In its first year of operation in 1991, Chris Axworthy of the New Democratic Party welcomed Ivan the International Court of Justice, for its occupation of 64 Experience Tkachenko as his Intern. Jesse Flis of the Liberal Party welcomed Maryana Drach as his Intern. Alan the Chagos Archipelago, and Croatia, a recent NATO occupation’ or, as another writer said, wait out the of CUPP generation Redway of the Progressive Conservative Party welcomed Solomia Khmara as his Intern. member, has territorial disputes with Serbia. Russian support of the occupied territories. What I The 2020 CUPP program Canada’s MPs will welcome Ukrainian students from universities in disagree with is that Russia may have enough time to 30th Anniversary These examples show that Ukraine does not need 67 prepare another attack. Actually, a new attack is likely of CUPP program Ukraine, France, Germany, Slovakia, Norway, Turkey and Poland. to sacrifice its territories in exchange for NATO In 2020 CUPP will celebrate its 30th anniversary of operation in Canada’s Parliament. membership, especially taking into account that we to be met with strikingly harsh resistance both by the are legitimately striving to return the territories Ukrainian military and the West. Time is on our side, recognized by the international community as an since sanctions are effective, however loudly Russian We are always open for Chair of Ukrainian Studies Foundation CUPPCANADA integral part of Ukraine. First, as has been shown propaganda tries to deny their impact. This is why I cooperation with all 620 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2H4 www.katedra.org above, this problem is more of a political nature than believe that Ukraine should not be constantly afraid CUPP interns! tel: (416) 234.9111, fax: (416) 234.9114 a strictly legal one, and can be resolved by negotiation of a new attack. In fact, progress into Euro Atlantic and enhancing compatibility of Ukraine with NATO integration will make a new attack even more costly Front cover depicts Ukraine’s seat of Parliament in 1918-1921 on Volodymyrska Street in Kyiv, close to the Opera House. standards. Second, I believe that sacrificing Crimea for Moscow. The First Ukrainian Parliament proclaimed the establishment of the Ukrainian Republic, adopted the Constitution of Ukraine, chose the yellow and blue colours of the state flag, the Trident as the national emblem, adopted the law on the issuance of Ukrainian currency and approved the law on citizenship. 3 CUPP 2021 CANDIDATES CUPP 2020/21 NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3 Oleksandr Evgenia Olha Iryna AFANASIEV BODAK BOZHENKO BOZHESKU BORN IN: Chernivtsi, Ukraine. BORN IN: Mariupol, Ukraine. BORN IN: Chernivtsi, Ukraine. BORN IN: Myrhorod, Ukraine. HOMETOWN: Kyiv, Ukraine. HOMETOWN: Chernivtsi, Ukraine. HOMETOWN: Kyiv, Ukraine. HOMETOWN: Leipzig, Germany. EDUCATION: Yuri Fedkovych National University of Chernivtsi, EDUCATION: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, EDUCATION: EDUCATION: Translation, English-Ukrainian; Institute of International Relations, Yuri Fedkovych National University of Chernivtsi, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Leipzig University, B.A. in American Studies. BA in International Relations, Bachelor in Philology. Master of Laws; MA in International Law, Interpreter from English. FOREIGN LANGUAGES: English, German, Russian, Polish. FOREIGN LANGUAGES: Kyiv School of Economics, FOREIGN LANGUAGES: English, Russian, French. English, French, Romanian, Russian. LAST BOOK READ: Tim Marshall “Prisoners of Geography”. Master of Public Policy and Administration. LAST BOOKS READ: John Bolton “The Room Where It Happened: LAST BOOK READ: FAVOURITE QUOTE BY UKRAINIAN AUTHOR: A White House Memoir”; Irvin D. Yalom “Becoming Myself: A Psychiatrist’s FOREIGN LANGUAGES: English, Russian. “Бери од кожної пори свого життя те, що вона тобі пропонує. Memoir”, “Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death”. Margaret Thatcher “Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World”. LAST BOOK READ: Nassim Taleb “Skin in the Game”. Вимагати од часу — і немудро, і негідно, може. 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