“Ukraine Within Europe?: Opportunities and Obstacles”
Monday, October 7th, 2013
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, October 7, 2013 | 4:00PM - 6:00PM | Seminar Room 208N, Munk School of Global Affairs 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
In March 2012, the text of an EU-Ukraine Association Agreement was initialed. It was to be the successor to the Partnership and Co-operation Arrangement that has guided EU-Ukraine relations since 1998. An essential feature of the expanded relationship includes the establishment of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area, which has been under negotiation since 2008. The ratification of the Association Agreement, however, has been stalled by European concern about the “stark deterioration” of political rights and the rule of law in Ukraine under the Yanukovych administration. At the same time, Russia has been pressuring Ukraine to move away from the European option in favour of a Customs Union within the rubric of the Eurasian Economic Community.
The geopolitical and cultural implications of these negotiations are profound. They will be examined by a panel of experts, including Yevhen Bystrytsky (International Renaissance Foundation, Open Society Foundation), Valeriy Chaly (former deputy foreign minister of Ukraine and now deputy general director of the Razumkov Centre in Kyiv), and Oleksiy Haran (political science, Kyiv Mohyla Academy National University). Lucan Way (University of Toronto) and Oleh Havrylyshyn (University of Toronto) will be discussants.
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