After the end of the Russian-Ukrainian war, Ukraine will face an expensive and, undoubtedly, important process of physical and economic recovery.. However, according to Francis Fukuyama, an American political economist and professor at Stanford University, Kyiv will need another much more important restructuring.. He said this during a discussion organized by PEN Ukraine.

“In my opinion, the restructuring of the Ukrainian political and economic structure that existed in Ukraine before the start of the war will be much more important.. In particular, one of Ukraine's biggest problems was the dominance of a number of influential and wealthy people in the economy and political system.. They controlled TV channels and other media. Now, after the war, Ukraine will have a chance to change this and solve the old problems that prevented the country from developing.. This old dominance cannot be allowed to return,” Fukuyama said..

He acknowledged that the task of such a restructuring of Ukraine would not be easy.. However, he pointed to the experience of Germany and Japan after World War II as an example that this is still possible..

“For example, until 1945 the economic structure of Germany and Japan was similar. There were powerful conglomerates that helped finance fascist regimes. However, after the Second World War, the United States tried to break this structure in order to reduce the influence of these conglomerates,” he explained..