Ukraine’s Dual Challenge in the Midst of War: Reconstruction and EU Accession

Ukraine is faced with a substantial and complex challenge:
advancing both reconstruction efforts and the EU accession process,
all while defending the country against Russian forces. In this
episode, we explore how the processes of rebuilding Ukraine and EU
accession are connected. Many aspects of the two processes
converge, but what if the two endeavours harbour conflicting
objectives, particularly regarding short-term and long-term
priorities? And what can we learn from other cases in Europe's
recent history, for example in the Western Balkans? Political
economist Julia Langbein delves into these questions with two
experts well-versed in this subject matter: Clare Lockhart from the
Institute for State Effectiveness and Inna Pidluska from the
International Renaissance Foundation. Music: “Complete” by Modul is
licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0-License.