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A Comment on the Ukraine I’ll be honest. I sat several times to write this and stopped. I made notes. I deleted them. But people ask my opinion as someone who hosted a conference on the humanitarian cost of the war, who runs a Central European Institute and writes on Global Economics. They have a point. And I do have an o...

Anyone near QU, come by Saturday for our FREE and PUBLIC conference on the effects of the war in Ukraine. Web link here and details below!
www.qu.educei

“Passing the one-year mark: How the Ukrainian Displacement Crisis Shapes European and American Policy”

Location: Quinnipiac University, CCE 101 Mt. Carmel Auditorium
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2023
Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

1:00 pm
Welcome, Quinnipiac President Judy Olian
Opening Remarks, United States Senator Richard Blumenthal

Video Message from Kyiv, Oleksandr Vasiuk, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament

1:30 pm
Panel on Challenges in Ukraine and Europe
Moderator: Kristóf György Veres, Ph.D.
The Latest from the Ground in Ukraine: Updates from the January 2023 Visit to Ukraine, Kristóf György Veres and Mónika Palotai
The Challenge for Regional Stability, Prof. Jacek Czaputowicz
Russian society psychology and countering Russian narratives about migration, Sviatoslav Hnizdovskyi

2:30 pm Break

2:45 pm
Roundtable on The EU's and Frontline Countries' Responses
Moderator: Prof. Jacek Czaputowicz
Romanian Response, H.E. Cornel Feruta
Hungarian Response, H.E. Zsuzsanna Horváth
Polish Response, H.E Adrian Kubicki

3:45 pm Break

4:00 pm
Panel on Global and American Challenges
Moderator: Prof. Chris Ball
Economics of the refugee crisis: How much does it cost and who is paying for it?, Mónika Palotai
The US response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis, Nayla Rush, Ph.D.
The Real Voices: Connecticut and Ukrainian Refugees, Dana Bucin

5:00
Closing statement and new initiatives at the QU CEI, Chris Ball

Panelists (in order of appearance)
• Oleksandr Vasiuk, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, Co-Chairman of the Inter-Factional Association Ukraine-US Strategic Partnership (Ukraine)
• Kristóf György Veres, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Migration Research Institute (Hungary)
• Mónika Palotai, Visiting Researcher, Hudson Institute (USA)
• Prof. Jacek Czaputowicz, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Senior Advisor to the Pulaski Foundation
• Sviatoslav Hnizdovskyi, CEO of Open Minds Institute, Ukraine
• His Excellency Cornel Feruta, Romanian Ambassador to the UN
• His Excellency Zsuzsanna Horváth, Hungarian Ambassador to the UN
• His Excellency Adrian Kubicki, Consul General of the Republic of Poland (NYC)
• Nayla Rush, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Center for Immigration Studies (USA)
• Attorney Dana Bucin, Murtha Cullina Law Firm, Honorary Romanian Consul to CT
• Prof. Christopher Ball, Director of the QU Central European Institute, Honorary Hungarian Consul to CT

Sponsors, Supporters and Donors:
Quinnipiac Central European Institute
Quinnipiac Novak Family Polish Chair
Murtha Cullina Law Firm
Quinnipiac Republicans
Quinnipiac Democrats
Quinnipiac Students Veterans Organization
Quinnipiac Office of Veterans and Military Affairs
New Haven Post 33 Ukrainian American Veterans Organization
United Nations Association of Connecticut

I’m baaack. After almost 2 years!

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