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Oct 2023
35m 55s

The Case for Rebuilding Ukraine

COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
About this episode

Russia has caused unprecedented damage in Ukraine. And with no diplomatic end in sight to the conflict, many Ukrainians are wondering when, if ever, they will be able to go back to their homes. According to many experts, the answer is actually sooner rather than later. Can reconstruction begin before a war ends? Who pays, and where should world leaders begin?

 

Featured Guests: 

Sam Greene (Director of the Democratic Resilience Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis, Professor of Russian Politics, King's College London)

Phillip Zelikow (White Burkett Miller Professor of History at the University of Virginia, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution)

 

For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us as https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/case-rebuilding-ukraine 

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