Hennadiy Maksak

Executive Director

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Hennadiy Maksak is the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” Executive Director.

Studied economics (Chernihiv state institute for economics and management), political sciences (Warsaw University, Center for East European Studies).

In 2006-2015 he was the president of the Polissya Foundation for International and Regional Studies. In 2012-2014 was a member of Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum. From 2016 he is a member of SC of Ukrainian national platform of the EaP Civil Society Forum.

Head  of the Civic Council under the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Fields of interest:

  • International relations and foreign policy of Ukraine,
  • security in the Eastern Europe,
  • Eastern partnership policy,
  • European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine,
  • diplomatic service,
  • economic diplomacy

Recent Publications

EU Preparedness for external challenges: lessons learned from 1000 days of Ukraine’s resilience

The intention of this policy brief is to offer the European institutions and national governments of the EU member states some lessons on the resilience of the Ukrainian state and society, which proved to be the reason why Ukraine survived even when its larger Western partners did not believe in it in February 2022.

(Українська) Готовність Європейського Союзу до зовнішніх викликів: досвід України та спільні рішення

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Call from the expert community for broad and high-level participation in the inaugural Peace Summit

This call is proposed by representatives of Ukrainian think tanks that deal with international security, mediation and conflict resolution. The aim of the call is to draw global attention to Ukraine’s Peace Formula as the most comprehensive blueprint which has potential to lead to sustainable, just and stable peace.