Yalta European Strategy

Yalta European Strategy (YES; Ukrainian: Ялтинська європейська стратегія) is an international annual conference of leaders from politics, business, mass media, civil society and the expert community that has been held in Ukraine since 2004.

The summit was attended by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Boris Johnson, Tony Blair, Alexander Kwasniewski, Carl Bildt, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Shimon Peres, Richard Branson, Anders Åslund, Timothy Snyder, Fareed Zakaria, Francis Fukuyama, Jimmy Wales and many others.

[2][3][4][5] YES annual meetings were held at the Livadia Palace, where, in 1945, the historic Yalta Conference dedicated to peace settlement after World War II took place.

Topics included the global economy, energy security, threats and innovations changing our lives, and successful approaches to leadership.

[13] Among the conference speakers were: Volodymyr and Olena Zelenska, Dmytro Kuleba, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Latvian President Egils Levits, Radoslaw Sikorski, Alexander Kwasniewski, ex-CEO of Google Eric Schmidt, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO Wesley Clark.

Among the participants are Volodymyr and Olena Zelenska, Chief of Military Intelligence of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov, Boris Johnson, Victoria Nuland, Francis Fukuyama, Timothy Snyder.