The weather may be wet and cold during this 9th Edition of the Kyiv Week, but some hot political topics, among them the future of NATO-Ukraine relations, have captured the interest of Ukrainian public opinion. A large number of Ukrainian journalists and TV crews took part in the traditional press conference that opened the week’s events and was followed by dedicated interviews given by NDC Commandant Lt. Gen. Wolf-Dieter LOESER to several of the major Ukrainian media. The Commandant spoke about “NATO: Pros and Cons” during a popular programme broadcast by UTR, the Ukrainian nationwide television channel, and also gave interviews to Ukraine National Radio and other media, both written and electronic.
In the meantime, the academic programme is going ahead as planned and NDC teaching methodology, based on morning lectures and afternoon committee work, is being applied. The participants have attended a number of interesting lectures covering a variety of topics, such as “Energy Security”, “NATO Transformation” and “NATO Missile Defence”, the latter delivered by NDC’s Director of Research Dr Karl-Heinz KAMP. The Committee work is of particular interest to members of the Ukrainian National Defense Academy, who are thus able to address questions on issues of direct interest to them to NDC representatives. This has resulted in dynamic exchanges of views and ideas.
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