{"id":787045,"date":"2025-12-23T16:50:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T14:50:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-12-23T17:05:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T15:05:37","slug":"zapochatkuvaly-eef-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/zapochatkuvaly-eef-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"EEF Talks Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"slider__outer-container\">\n\t<div class=\"slider\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"slider__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-caption=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/24.jpg\" data-full-src=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/24.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-inner\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/24.jpg)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-caption=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/23.jpg\" data-full-src=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/23.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-inner\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/23.jpg)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-caption=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/28.jpg\" data-full-src=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/28.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-inner\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/28.jpg)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-caption=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/27.jpg\" data-full-src=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/27.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-inner\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/27.jpg)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-caption=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/29.jpg\" data-full-src=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/29.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-inner\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/29.jpg)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-caption=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/31.jpg\" data-full-src=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/31.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-inner\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/31.jpg)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-caption=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/32.jpg\" data-full-src=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/32.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-inner\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/32.jpg)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"slider__panel\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slider__info-container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slider__counters\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"slider__counter slider__counter--current\">01<\/span>\/<span class=\"slider__counter slider__counter--total\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slider__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"slider__title__text\" style=\"display:none\">Photo: <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"slider__title__description\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slider__nav slider__nav--prev icon icon-long-arrow\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon-arrow-l-thin\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slider__nav slider__nav--next icon icon-long-arrow arrow-right\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slider__fullscreen icon icon-full-size js_slick-fullscreen\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<span class=\"close-full-size\"><\/span>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On December 2, 2025 in Kyiv, East Europe Foundation held EEF Talks \u2013 the first event in a series of thematic discussions that brought together thought leaders, diplomats, media representatives, business, and civil society. The overarching theme was transatlantic policy toward Ukraine and the challenges that will define the year 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EEF Talks takes place within the Foundation\u2019s international advocacy program cluster and is aligned with the semi-annual meeting of the East Europe Foundation Board of Directors \u2013 leaders from different sectors and countries who share the Foundation\u2019s mission and support its work. This is the first event in a series dedicated to issues of security, reconstruction, international policy, and the various challenges facing Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-701407 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/26-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/26-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/26-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/26-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/26-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/26-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/26-136x90.jpg 136w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/26-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/26-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/26-264x175.jpg 264w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/26-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/26-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/26.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants in the discussion included:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Ambassador William B. Taylor<\/strong>, Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council\u2019s Eurasia Center; 6th U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine (2006\u20132009); U.S. Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires ad interim to Ukraine (2019\u20132020)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Melinda Haring<\/strong>, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council\u2019s Eurasia Center; Senior Advisor at Razom for Ukraine<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Michael Bociurkiw<\/strong>, Global Affairs Analyst<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Marian Vogel<\/strong>, Regional Director for Eastern Europe Programs, Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event was moderated by <strong>Victor Liakh<\/strong>, President of East Europe Foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The discussion focused on how domestic processes in partner countries influence their decisions and what steps are needed to maintain support for Ukraine at all levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given upcoming elections and shifting priorities in many countries, support for Ukraine by the Western world cannot be taken for granted. Aggregate military assistance from partner countries fell by 43% in July\u2013August 2025 compared to the first half of the year (according to Kiel Institute). However, support for Ukraine must remain high on the global agenda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-701403 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/21-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/21-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/21-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/21-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/21-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/21-1-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/21-1-136x90.jpg 136w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/21-1-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/21-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/21-1-264x175.jpg 264w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/21-1-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/21-1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/21-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Victor Liakh, President of East Europe Foundation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAdvocacy for Ukraine must happen at every level \u2013 from governments and parliaments to business and civil society. Because what is happening in Ukraine today will determine not only the architecture of global security but whether the democratic world will survive at all.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The discussion also addressed whether transatlantic unity can withstand the pressure of domestic political processes in the U.S. and EU, Russian propaganda, and how these factors influence decisions on Ukraine. Participants debated peace plans and realities \u2013 what can realistically be achieved in 2026 and what conditions can be created for ending the war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ambassador William B. Taylor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe current Trump administration is actually stuck in its commitment to end this war. They may lack ideological views or a vision of what the world will look like in two, five, or ten years. But they are trapped by their own commitment.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Melinda Haring:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis year can be considered successful if the supply of weapons and intelligence from the U.S. continues. Yes, that\u2019s really a minimal standard \u2013 but given current events, that\u2019s what we can hope for.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A significant part of the conversation emphasized that Ukraine should not be perceived as a burden, nor assistance as charity. Ukraine\u2019s long-standing resilience and defense strategies make it a key partner for NATO and the EU.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marian Vogel:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDon\u2019t look at Ukraine as a charity case. Ukraine has one of the best armies in the world \u2013 the most experienced army that knows what to do in modern wars. This is a huge opportunity for us [Europeans] to learn. And of course, in the context of European integration, you [Ukrainians] also have your part to do, showing what you are capable of.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Bociurkiw:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI want to say a few words about resilience because all of us who often come to Ukraine or live here see incredible examples of resilience \u2013 especially among small businesses that keep operating without electricity, without many resources. But it\u2019s important to explain this resilience to the world correctly: it does not mean that Ukraine does not need help.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch the full discussion on East Europe Foundation platforms:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube (English stream): <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/mx7Y-P1wFn4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/mx7Y-P1wFn4<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 2, 2025 in Kyiv, East Europe Foundation held EEF Talks \u2013 the first event in a series of thematic discussions that brought together thought leaders, diplomats, media representatives, business, and civil society. The overarching theme was transatlantic policy toward Ukraine and the challenges that will define the year 2026. 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