While states make war, war totally remakes states. The Ukraine and Russia that finish the war will be radically changed from those before hostilities started. While we cannot know the nature of any military settlement between Russia and Ukraine, policymakers and investors will be debating and weighing the likelihood of various political and economic scenarios that will subsequently emerge: will a united Ukrainian state emerge with greater capacity to enact change than before war started? Learning the lessons of Russia in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, how can any Ukrainian political regime work together with outside actors to forge a lasting postwar legacy and cement a truly resilient social and physical infrastructure to secure its own future? Even after formal hostilities have ended, can political and economic influence be brought to bear to secure a just peace and demonstrate that such an enormous sacrifice was not in vain?

Moderator

Simon Radford

Associate Director, Milken Institute

Speakers

Robert English

Director, USC School of International Relations

Natalie Jaresko

Managing Director, Turnaround and Restructuring Strategy, EY-Parthenon; Minister of Finance Ukraine (2014-2016)

Yuriy Vitrenko

Former CEO, Naftogaz

Andrew Weiss

Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Marie Yovanovitch

Former United States Ambassador to Ukraine