Russia

Moderated multiple panels. Agenda here: https://ksf.openukraine.org/en/forums/ksf/ksf2025

If America retreats, will Europe step up – or fall behind?
Dr. Mika AALTOLA, Member of the European Parliament, Finland
Marketa GREGOROVA, Member of the European Parliament, Czech Republic
Ivars IJABS, Member of the European Parliament, Latvia
Radan KANEV, Member of the European Parliament, Bulgaria
Ivanna KLYMPUSH-TSINTSADZE, Chairwoman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee
on Ukraine’s integration to the European Union
Amb. Fredrik LOJDQUIST, Director of the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies

Perpetual standoff: Can Europe coexist with Putin’s Russia?
Highlighted Dialogue
Mr. Garry KASPAROV (online), Chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative
Helmut BRANDSTÄTTER, Member of the European Parliament, Austria
Rasa JUKNEVICIENE, Member of the European Parliament, Lithuania
Minister of Defense of Lithuania (2008-12)
Marco MICHELSON, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee of Foreign Affairs, Estonia
Ostap SEMERAK, First Deputy Chair of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Ukraine’s integration to the European Union (2014-16)

Can the United States remain the backbone of the free world—while redefining its role on the world stage?
Dr. Evelin FARKAS, Executive Director, McCain Institute
Amb. Paul JONES, Distinguished Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)
William MONAHAN, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

Can Ukraine, the EU, and the U.S. maintain their unity?
Natalie JARESKO (online), Member of the KSF Security Council, Chairperson of the Aspen Institute Kyiv Supervisory Board, Minister of Finance of Ukraine in 2014-16
Amb. William TAYLOR, Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine (2006-09 & 2019-20)
Amb. Steven PIFER, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, Affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine (1998-2000)
Amb. Alexander VERSHBOW, Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council, Deputy Secretary General of NATO (2012-16)
Amb. Michael CARPENTER, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (2015-17), U.S. Ambassador to OSCE (2021-24)