Listen: Former Ukrainian Ambassador Expects Conflict To Last 2-3 Months Longer

Arlington TX

24 May, 2022

5:24 PM

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By Bob Francis, Fort Worth Report May 23, 2022 In the latest installment of our occasional conversations with newsmakers, we talk to Roman Popadiuk, who served as the first U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine from 1992-1993, just as the old Soviet Union was breaking apart and the Cold War was nearing its end. Popadiuk was born in Austria to displaced Ukrainian parents who then immigrated to the U.S. A retired member of the career Senior Foreign Service, Papadiuk served on the National Security Councils of presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush. He also served 13 years as executive director for the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation at Texas A&M University. He is currently president of the Diplomacy Center Foundation, an organization working to build the National Museum of American Diplomacy in Washington, D.C. On Monday, May 23, Papadiuk spoke to a luncheon at the Fort Worth Club with Rep. Roger Williams, R-Fort Worth. The event was moderated by HighWater Strategies'partner and co-founder Kasey S. Pipes. Fort Worth Report business editor Bob Francis spoke with Popadiuk following the event. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.