The crisis in Ukraine has challenged the political stability and integrity of one of Europe’s largest states and jeopardized the post-Cold War settlement in Eastern Europe. Will Presidential elections help to ease the crisis? Or will they further accentuate political divisions and perpetuate instability? Our panel of experts will analyze the results and consider the domestic as well as international implications of the vote.

THE PANEL
OLEH HAVRYLYSHYN, Visiting Scholar, University of Toronto and former IMF Deputy Director, EUR II Department, responsible for post-Soviet countries
LUCAN WAY, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto
TARAS KUZIO, Research Associate at the Center for Political and Regional Studies, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta and Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations, School of Advanced International Relations, Johns Hopkins University.
MARTA BAZIUK, Executive Director of the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta and former Coordinator, Women’s Economic Empowerment Program, Winrock International (Kyiv, Ukraine)
JOHN JAWORSKY, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Waterloo

CHAIR
OLGA ANDRIEWSKY, Associate Professor of History, Trent University