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SUMMARY:Marie Yovanovitch- Ukraine: Can Democracy Survive?
DESCRIPTION:Marie Yovanovitch was at the height of her diplomatic career when it all came crashing down. In the middle of her third ambassadorship—a rarity in the world of diplomacy—she was targeted by a smear campaign and abruptly recalled from her post in Kyiv\, Ukraine. In the months that followed\, she endured personal tragedy while simultaneously being pulled into the blinding lights of the first impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump. It was a time of chaos and pain\, for her and for the nation. \nYet Yovanovitch was no stranger to instability and injustice. Born into a family that had survived Soviet and Nazi terror\, she first saw the corrosive effect of corruption in Somalia while cutting her teeth as a diplomat in the male-dominated world of the 1980s State Department. She was an eyewitness to the 1993 constitutional crisis in Russia and the street fighting in Moscow. And she rose to the top of her profession in the crucible of the former USSR\, where she saw how President Vladimir Putin adeptly exploited corrupt leaders in neighboring countries and undermined their developing democracies. \nNowhere was Putin’s aggression clearer than in Ukraine\, where Russia meddled in elections\, launched cyberattacks\, peddled misinformation\, illegally annexed Crimea\, invaded the Donbas\, and attacked Ukrainian ships in the Black Sea. But when Yovanovitch was abruptly recalled from her post and Ukraine’s democratically elected president\, Volodymyr Zelenskyy\, found himself set upon by Trump\, it became clear just how dangerously close to the edge America itself had strayed. \nThrough it all\, Yovanovitch tirelessly advocated for the Ukrainian people\, while advancing U.S. interests and staying true to herself. She will discuss Ukraine’s prospects going forward and discuss whether the Ukrainian democracy can survive.
URL:https://culturehhi.org/event/marie-yovanovitch-ukraine-can-democracy-survive/
LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church\, 540 William Hilton Parkway\, Hilton Head\, 29928\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book signing,Education,Presentation,Things To Do,World Affairs
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ORGANIZER;CN="World Affairs Council of Hilton Head":MAILTO:wachhi@gmail.com
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