Ukraine, China, and the Emerging Geopolitics of Resource Security

Hey cynical listeners, we've got a little bonus episode for you this week. This is a panel discussion that was organized by my friend Vita Cholod and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. It features four excellent panelists who I will introduce to you in this program. We are looking at the background and the implications of the US-Ukraine mineral security partnership that was signed in Washington on May 1st of this year, its implications for the war in Ukraine, for prospects for post-war reconstruction, and also for the role that minerals, especially strategic minerals, are going to play in geopolitics going forward if it isn't already obvious that they're playing a major role. I hope you enjoy.

Hi everyone. My name is Vita Golot and I am co-founder of the Ukrainian Platform for Contemporary China and currently a visiting adjunct instructor at UNC University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Just a quick reminder, we launched this platform in 2022. just a few months after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with the goal of fostering international dialogue between Ukraine and China and international experts on Ukraine's foreign policy, China's foreign policy, Sino-Ukrainian relations, along with related global issues. I am deeply grateful

to today's panelists for joining us for this timely and important conversation on the recently signed mineral deal between Ukraine and the United States. My sincere thanks also go to Kaiser Go for his ongoing support. And I'm especially Pleased to announce that this event, along with the next three in the series, is supported by the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It's exciting to note that the key takeaways from these discussions will be directly incarcerated.

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