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GEOPOLITICS
VICTOR PINCHUK FOUNDATION
MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE 2024
Victor Pinchuk Foundation: 7th Ukrainian Lunch on the
Margins of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2024
VICTOR PINCHUK FOUNDATION
MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE 2024
Victor Pinchuk Foundation: 7th Ukrainian Lunch on the
Margins of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2024
Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKNGqmOY9ao
Peter Burgess COMMENTARY
I am archiving this video about 6 weeks after the event took place.
Essentially, there is nothing in this video that I take issue with ... everyone that said something was on point and broadly upset that support for Ukraine has stayed too little and too late for all of the two years since Russia launched its offensive against Ukraine.
In my view, Hillary Clinton deserves special mention. What she had to say was very thought provoking and on point especially when it came to the role the USA needs to play in order for the world order to be stable into the future. She addressed the tardiness of rhe USA with respect to support for Ukraine and the delivery of essential munitions as well as what could be the outcome of a Trump political win in the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election.
I woke up in the middle of last night thinking that if Biden chooses not to run in the upcoming Presidential election ... it would be good if Hillary Clinton ran. She has the brain to do an excellent job which is a lot more than can be said for Trump!
I should add, that in addition to the speakers listed below, three individuals who had served with the Ukraine military spoke of their experience. I think all three had had serious injuries and I think two of them had been captured by the Russians and incarcerated in Russia before being returned to Ukraine as part of a prisoner exchange.
I am not a professional historian, but I do know something of what has happened in my lifetime in part because I have read the better newspapers during my lifetime and the fact that my father had studied history himself before becoming a schoolmaster! It worries me that few people have much of an understanding of how the world works, and a lot of powerful people are incredibly greedy and 'me-centric'. The idea that America elected Trump to be President is difficult to comprehend ... and the idea that he might get elected a second time defies all reason.
History shows that bad things happen. Hitler got to be Chancellor in Germany ... and a lot of other evil people have become 'top-dog' in their countries during my lifetime. Putin is now at the top of Russia.
A 'good' world is possible ... but it will require work and serious committment on the part of the world's 'good folk'. At the moment ... April 7th 2024 ... there is little interest on the part of Americans to make the essential commitments and do the work that will ensure that Ukraine wins and Putin is defeated!
Peter Burgess
Victor Pinchuk Foundation
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Feb 22, 2024
On 17 February 2024, on the margins of the Munich Security Conference, Yalta European Strategy (YES) and the Victor Pinchuk Foundation hosted the 7th Munich Ukrainian Lunch, titled 2024 - It's In Our Hands.
The focus of the event was Ukraine’s current needs to secure victory in the war against Russia’s brutal and unprovoked aggression. The participants of the discussion talked about the ways to provide Ukraine with the much-needed support amidst global challenges.
Among the participants of the discussion were:
- - Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic;
- - Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia;
- - Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium;
- - Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark;
- - Anne Applebaum, Staff Writer, The Atlantic; Senior Fellow, Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; Pulitzer Prize Winner 2004;
- - Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States (2009-2013), Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs;
- - Nikolay Denkov, The Prime Minister of Bulgaria;
- - Radosław Sikorski, the Foreign Minister of Poland;
- - Andriy Yermak, Head of Office of the President of Ukraine;
- - David H. Petraeus, General, US Army (Ret.), Chairman, KKR Global Institute; former Director of the CIA; former Commander of the Surge in Iraq and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan;
- - Timothy Snyder, Richard C. Levin Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University.
- Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief of The Economist, moderated the panel.
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