In a prior Kyiv Post article (“ The Hijacking of a Nation ”), we noted how the first 30-prior years of Ukrainian independence had been “hijacked ” by a self-serving, unprofessional, and corrupt political “elite” that had no goals, no strategy or knowledge of statecraft, and participated in the looting of Ukraine and its riches. All that is now water under the bridge. The end of the war and the onset of reconstruction offer the opportunity to start anew, avoid the pitfalls of the past, and build