Yuri Shcherbak, Ph.D.,  served as Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, Canada, and Israel. Ambassador Yuri Shcherbak is a writer and physician who came to international prominence with his exposé on Chornobyl, as the founder of the Ukrainian Green Party and Ukraine’s first minister of environmental protection. Internationally recognized as one of Ukraine’s foremost specialists on geo-political strategic issues, he is the author of numerous studies, articles, and books on Chornobyl, ecology, public health, NATO, and Ukraine’s relations with Russia, the European Union, and the United States. Through the years he has been internationally sought as a political analyst and commentator by all media outlets, conferences, and seminars, and is a respected diplomat in the international arena.