Diplomatic Club
Informal forum on foreign policy for key Ukrainian opinion-makers. The Diplomatic Club aims to help Ukrainian leaders to better understand global developments and the foreign policy choices facing Ukraine and other countries. The club meetings convene key Ukrainian government decision-makers, former ministers of foreign affairs, senior diplomats, independent analysts and journalists who report on international issues. Interactive meetings allow vibrant debate about international relations and Ukraine’s role in the world.
Diplomatic Club is a joint initiative of the Open Ukraine Foundation and Victor Pinchuk Foundation.
The Diplomatic Club had an honor to host:
- Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General
- David Merkel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State
- Ali Babacan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
- Nino Burdzhanadze, Ex-speaker of the Georgian Parliament
- Chrystia Freeland, US Managing Editor of Financial Times
- Aleksander Kwasniewski, the former President of the Republic of Poland
- Leszek Balcerowicz, the ex-Chairman of the National Bank of Poland
- Strobe Talbott, President, the Brookings Institution, Deputy Secretary of State (1994-2001)
- Javier Solana, Distinguished Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution, Secretary General of the Council of the European Union and as High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy (1999 – 2009), and NATO’s Secretary General (1995 – 1999)
- Štefan FÜLE, EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy
- Guy Verhofstadt, National President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in European Parliament, National President of Flemish Liberals and Democrats, Prime-Minister of Belgium (1999-2008)
- Valeriy Chaly, Deputy General Director, Razumkov Center
- Yuriy Shcherbak, Director, Center for Global and Regional Studies, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
- Vitaliy Portnikov, Editor-in-Chief, TVi Channel
