Honorary Patrons
Diane Francis
Award-winning journalist and broadcaster
Editor-at-Large, National Post; Columnist, Financial Post; popular Substack Newsletter author
Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council
Bestselling author of ten books
Hanna Hopko
Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Ukraine’s Parliament (2014-2019)
Voted Leading Global Thinker in 2014 by Foreign Policy magazine
Co-founder, International Centre for Ukrainian Victory
Advisor to the Warsaw Security Forum
Basil Kalymon
Canadian economist, academic, writer, commentator
Professor Emeritus, Ivey Business School, Western University
Head, Economic Advisory Council to Ukraine’s Ministry of Economics (2014-2015)
Vakhtang Kipiani
Ukrainian historian, journalist, author
Editor-in-chief of the online edition of "Historical Truth"Winner of the Ukrainian PEN Club’s inaugural "Georgiy Gongadze Award"
Author of The Case of Vasyl Stus — first place winner of the Ukrainian Book Institute’s "List of 30 iconic books of Ukrainian Independence"
Zénon Kowal
Belgian diplomat (French-speaking region of Wallonia-Brussels)
Head of mission in Prague, Hanoi, Tunis, Warsaw and at UNESCO/OECD in Paris
Lecturer, commentator, columnist - l'Année Francophone Internationale (2010-2016)
Alexander Motyl
American historian, political scientist, poet, writer, translator, artist-painter
Professor of political science at Rutgers University
Author of many books, including Imperial Ends: The Decline, Collapse, and Revival of Empires, (Columbia University Press), and the novel trilogy: The Jew Who Was Ukrainian (2011); Vovochka: The True Confessions of Vladimir Putin's Best Friend and Confidant (2015); and Pitun's Last Stand: An Entertainment about the Fall of Russia (2021)
Vitaly Portnikov
Ukrainian journalist, author, political commentator
Winner of the 1989 Golden Pen Award of the Ukrainian Association of Journalists
Host of the tv program “Politclub” on Espresso TV
Editor and host of the program “Roads To Freedom”, produced by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Roman Waschuk
Canadian diplomat, global affairs expert
Business Ombudsman of Ukraine (since January 1, 2022)
Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine (2014-2019)
Former Canadian Ambassador to Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia (2011-2014)