WEBINAR // Resilience of the Ukrainian Economy: Opportunities for US Investors
On April 18th, 2024 at 2:00pm (EST) the Global Policy Institute (GPI) and Bay Atlantic University (BAU) held an event titled “Resilience of the Ukrainian Economy: Opportunities for US Investors” via Zoom and in-person.
The Russian aggression has been met with incredible courage by the Ukrainian people. Beyond the human toll and the need to replace destroyed military hardware, the country’s economy has been badly damaged. However, Ukraine proved to be resilient and resourceful. War notwithstanding, there are viable economic sectors unaffected by the conflict. Indeed, Ukraine can be a desirable destination for US direct investments. During the event, opportunities for American investments in Ukraine were discussed with Halyna Yanchenko, a Ukrainian member of Parliament with special expertise in investment promotion and anticorruption policies.
GPI and BAU hosted a Member of Parliament of Ukraine and the Secretary of the National Investment Council of Ukraine, Halyna Yanchenko.
Event Recording:
About the speaker:
Halyna Yanchenko, Member of Parliament of Ukraine and the Secretary of the National Investment Council of Ukraine
Halyna Yanchenko was elected as a member of Parliament of Ukraine in 2019 being #5 in the list of Servant of People party. She serves on the Committee on Economic Development of the Parliament. In January 2022 she was appointed Secretary of the National Investment Council. In this position, she focuses on reforming and developing Private-public partnership tools and War risk insurance for private investors in Ukraine.
About the moderator:
Paolo von Schirach, GPI President
Paolo von Schirach became President of the Global Policy Institute, GPI, in 2016. He is also Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Bay Atlantic University, BAU, in Washington DC. He previously served as Department Chair for Political Science and IR at BAU. Areas of expertise: US politics and economics, international security, NATO affairs, the war in Ukraine, the Middle East, US-China relations, Africa, terrorism, oil and gas and renewable energy.
Paolo von Schirach is the Founder and Editor of the Schirach Report, an online publication focusing on politics, economics and international security. Von Schirach is a frequent lecturer, TV and radio commentator, on US foreign and domestic politics and global issues. Media: He is frequently on Alhurra TV, Asharq News, BBC Arabic, TG5 (Italy), Cairo TV, Sky News Arabia, Newsy, France 24, and other networks.
Career: For more than 25 years von Schirach worked in emerging markets as Team Leader and Senior Expert managing investment and trade promotion programs. Prior to that he was a Research Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS, which was followed by filling the role of Director of Communications, and later on Senior Research Fellow, at the Atlantic Council. He was Deputy Director of the Global Security Project at Georgetown University, and Vice President for International Programs at Intelx, an institution focusing on international education. He was an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Program of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, (MSFS). He has been a frequent lecturer at the Foreign Service Institute, (FSI), the U.S. Federal Government’s primary foreign affairs training institution. Education: von Schirach holds higher degrees from Georgetown University where he was also a Fulbright Scholar and Fellow in the Government Department, the London School of Economics, the University of Pisa, Italy, and the Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa.