Ukraine: Where does U.S. Policy go from here?

human rights violations in occupied Crimea and backing for separatists in the Donbas region. Join us for a briefing to learn more about what the U.S. can do to support a free and open Ukraine.
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DANIEL BALSON is Advocacy Director for Europe and Central Asia for Amnesty International USA. Daniel works with U.S. representatives in Congress and the Executive Branch to ensure that human rights across Eurasia are prioritized and protected. His writing has been published in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, BBC, The Hill, Newsweek, Foreign Policy Magazine, and other outlets. Before coming to AIUSA, Daniel worked at Accion International to protect microfinance clients entering the formal financial sector across Eurasia. Beforehand, Daniel worked at the National Democratic Institute supporting civil society and governance development across Central Asia. Daniel holds an M.A. in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and his B.A. from Cornell University. Daniel speaks fluent Russian and Spanish and conversational Arabic and Hebrew. He tweets @Eurasiaview.

DR. MICHAEL CARPENTER is Senior Director of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, and a member on the Jamestown Foundation’s Board of Directors. Dr. Carpenter served in the Pentagon as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense with responsibility for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia, the Balkans, and Conventional Arms Control. He also served in the White House as a foreign policy adviser to Vice President Joe Biden and on the National Security Council as Director for Russia. Previously, he was a Foreign Service Officer with the State Department. He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley and a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University. He has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, BBC, ABC News, Bloomberg, and other outlets, and has been cited or published in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, New York Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, McClatchy, Atlantic, Politico, The Hill, and Defense One.
MELINDA HARING is one of the top experts on Ukraine in the U.S. and an expert on U.S. democracy promotion. She is the editor of the Atlantic Council’s most popular publication, the UkraineAlert blog, and contributes to many publications. Her analysis has been featured in The Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Newsweek, and other outlets. Haring has worked for Eurasia Foundation, Freedom House, and the National Democratic Institute, where she managed democracy assistance programs in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Russia. A graduate of Georgetown University, she holds an M.A. in Government with a certificate in Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies. Haring is the vice chair of the board of East Europe Foundation in Kyiv, a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She tweets @melindaharing.

NINA JANKOWICZ studies the intersection of democracy and technology in Central and Eastern Europe at the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute. Her book, HOW TO LOSE THE INFORMATION WAR, will be published by Bloomsbury's IBTauris in spring 2020. She has advised the Ukrainian government on strategic communications under the auspices of a Fulbright-Clinton Public Policy Fellowship. Her writing has been published by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and others. She frequently comments on disinformation and Russian and Eastern European affairs, and has been interviewed by CNN and PBS. Prior to her Fulbright grant, she managed democracy assistance programs to Russia and Belarus at the National Democratic Institute. She received her M.A. in Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, and her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College.