Hard Talk: The Long-Term Consequences of the Black Sea Security and Crimea Militarization

Organizers:
UA: Ukraine Analytica
Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”
Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations

With the financial support of
the Black Sea Trust of the German Marshall Fund

Venue: Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the UN,
220 E 51st, New York, NY 10022, the USA
Working language: English

09:30 – 10:00	Registration of participants

10:00 – 10:10	Welcoming remarks: Dr. Hanna Shelest, Editor-in-chief, UA: Ukraine Analytica, Director of Security Programmes at the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” Amb. Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations
10:10 – 12:00	Questions to be discussed: Militarisation and securitization of the Black Sea region? Who are disruptors and promoters of security in the region? What comes first – Human security or Hard security in the Black Sea? Speakers: Amb. John Herbst, Senior Director, Eurasia Center, The Atlantic Council (USA) Dr. Haldun Yalcinkaya, Chair of the International Relations Department, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey Tengiz Pkhaladze, Senior fellow at the European Centre for International Political Economy (Brussels), former Advisor to the President of Georgia Dr. Iulia-Sabina Joja, Senior Fellow, Frontier Europe Initiative, Middle East Institute Moderator: Dr. Hanna Shelest, Editor-in-chief, UA: Ukraine Analytica