Hosted by the SAIS Foreign Policy Institute in partnership with the Global Security and Conflict Management Club and the Europe-Eurasia Club.
Join us on 9 October at 1 p.m. as Yurii Lomikovskyi, Ukraine's UN Youth Delegate, explains how his generation is coping with nearly three years of full-scale invasion/war, with no end in sight. Yurii will describe 'the new normal' for young people in Ukraine, and address wider questions related to war, diplomacy and international relations.
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Speakers
Yurii Lomikovskyi is a graduate of the Political Science Program at the Ukrainian Catholic University. He currently works for the Lviv City Municipality in Ukraine, focusing on strategic planning and local economic development. His work primarily involves developing the innovation ecosystem and creating incentives for military tech companies. He also has several publications on innovation ecosystem development in Ukrainian.
As a Ukraine Youth Delegate to the UN, his key advocacy area is youth rights, particularly condemning the violations of youth and children's rights in Ukrainian territories temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation.
Edward P. Joseph is a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute and Adjunct Lecturer at SAIS, specializing in Conflict Management. Edward served on the ground in the Balkans for a dozen years, including during the conflicts in each war-affected country: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, and then-Macedonia.
In 2012, as the US-nominated Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Edward negotiated the breakthrough agreement with Pristina and Belgrade to hold Serbian elections in independent Kosovo.
In July 1995, Edward and one UN colleague coordinated the evacuation of Zepa, close to neighboring Srebrenica.
In 1995-1996, Edward deployed with the NATO Implementation Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina as a US Army officer. He is a veteran and former Army helicopter pilot.
Edward has authored dozens of articles and reports on the region, including in SAIS Review. His June 2023 Foreign Policy article, ‘The United States is Creating a Kosovo Crisis’ described the overlooked obstacle to establishing autonomy for Kosovo Serbs. Edward was the lead author on the January 2021 SAIS-Wilson Center report explaining how the European non-recognizers (of Kosovo) stymie the entire region, and setting out a corrective strategy.
Edward has led and currently serves on the Board of the National Council on US-Libya Relations. Edward earned his J.D. at the University of Virginia School of Law, and his B.A. and M.A. from Johns Hopkins University, and its School of Advanced International Studies.