Diplomatic Club
Informal forum on foreign policy for key Ukrainian opinion-makers. The Diplomatic Club aims to help Ukrainian leaders to better understand global developments and the foreign policy choices facing Ukraine and other countries. The club meetings convene key Ukrainian government decision-makers, former ministers of foreign affairs, senior diplomats, independent analysts and journalists who report on international issues. Interactive meetings allow vibrant debate about international relations and Ukraine’s role in the world.
Diplomatic Club is a joint initiative of the Open Ukraine Foundation and Victor Pinchuk Foundation.
The Diplomatic Club had an honor to host:
- Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General
- David Merkel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State
- Ali Babacan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
- Nino Burdzhanadze, Ex-speaker of the Georgian Parliament
- Chrystia Freeland, US Managing Editor of Financial Times
- Aleksander Kwasniewski, the former President of the Republic of Poland
- Leszek Balcerowicz, the ex-Chairman of the National Bank of Poland
- Javier Solana, the former High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (1999-2009), the former NATO Secretary General
- Strobe Talbott, the former Deputy Secretary of State, acting President of Brookings Institution
