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Panel Discussion, Craving For Great Romania? Traian Basescu's Intents In
Regard To Moldova And Transnistria And Stakes For Ukraine (11:00,
Thursday, June 17, 2010)
At 11am, June 17, the press centre of Ukrainian News agency is hosting a
panel discussion by the American Institute in Ukraine (AIU), entitled
"Craving for Great Romania? Traian Basescu's intents in regard to
Moldova and Transnistria and stakes for Ukraine."
At the panel discussion they discuss Romanian President Traian Basescu
promoting a new campaign targeted, as it appear, at restoring domination
of Bucharest over the territories Romania Mare ideologists set forth in
the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. Rehabilitation of this ideology may
entail possible annexation of 'indigenous Romanian' territories, namely
eastern Serbia (Banat, Homolje), north-eastern Bulgaria (Dobruja), and
Ukraine (part of Odessa region, including Izmail and Chernivtsi). At the
same time some Western groups, especially in the United States, are
dismal in their admonition that Moscow and Kyiv have a 'secret protocol'
on bringing Moldova and Transnistria under their control.
*Thus the AIU panel discussion will try to answer the following questions: *
* What facts are known for today and which are the stakes for Ukraine?
* Will Traian Basescu take advantage of his country membership in
the NATO and the European Union to create new Romania, going
beyond its current boundaries?
* After a visit of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to
Bucharest and Romania's backing Tbilisi's shelved application for
NATO admission, will the Romanian president go the way which did
the Georgian President, who brought discredit upon himself, in
August 2008?
* Role of Washington, Brussels and European governments in the
prevention of likely territorial conflicts in Eastern Europe.
* Which conclusions can be made from the public sentiments and
opinions of elitists from Bucharest, Kyiv and Tiraspol?
* What can and should the Ukrainian government do to avert a threat
to the national security and the country's territorial integrity?
For the panel discussion are invited such Ukrainian experts as Vitalii
Kulyk, director of the Centre for Research of Civil Society Problems;
Oleksandr Vasenko, deputy director of the Ukrainian Research and
Development Institute of Environmental Problems, the Ministry of Ecology
and Natural Resources of Ukraine; Serhii Tolstov, director of the
Institute for Political Analysis and International Research.
The AIU also invited one of the leading American experts for
south-eastern Europe's policy and history, a well-known publicist and
analyst Srdja Trifkovic.
Dr Trifkovic is a widely known conservative publicist and a renowned
expert in European and global issues. He published articles and
commentaries in such media as The Times (London), the San Francisco
Chronicle, the American Conservative and The Philadelphia Inquirer, and
appeared at many television and radio channels, including CNN, CNN
International, SKY News, BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service and CBC.
Trifkovic earned a Bachelor of Arts (with honours) in international
relations from the University of Sussex, UK in 1977 and another, in
political science, from the University of Zagreb in 1987. Since 1990 he
has held a Philosophiae Doctor degree in modern history from the
university of Southampton, UK.
*James George Jatras *is deputy director at the American Institute in
Ukraine. He is a principal in a public advocacy firm based in
Washington, DC. Prior to entering the private sector he was senior
foreign policy adviser to the Republican leadership of the United States
Senate. He earlier served as an American Foreign Service Officer, where
among other assignments he was assigned to the then Office of Soviet
Union Affairs. He graduated from the law school of the Georgetown
University (doctor of law degree) and the Pennsylvania State University
(bachelor degree).
*Accreditation: *
For accreditation, please turn to Matvei Mustafayev by telephone +38
(050) 596-0395 or e-mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Press centre address: *Palats Sportu metro station, 20 Esplanadna
Street, first floor.
