Francis Fukuyama is an American political scientist and director of the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University. He has written numerous scientific works on international politics, economic development, and democracy. His research focuses on Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union states. Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Fukuyama has been closely following and commenting on the causes and possible consequences of this war for the world.

In his opinion, Ukraine can win by the end of this winter, and Russia will have a chance to change only if it suffers a crushing defeat.

We are speaking the day after a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Francis Fukuyama starts the conversation with a question about the mass missile strike and asks if it has affected us.

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Francis Fukuyama