We may now also be looking at the endgame, not just the anatomy, of a modern dictatorship.
If change is to come in Belarus, it requires interventions from external sources, the most likely of which is Russia – however unlikely that may appear.
Katsiaryna Shmatsina outlines the key factors behind current protests in Belarus, their potential for success, and developments in Belarus’ foreign policy.
Lukashenka’s presidency will most likely survive in a state of stagnation as he and his inner-circle hold onto power at all costs.
Unprecedented protests demand that Brussels approaches the crisis by urging Moscow to engage in dialogue to find a solution in order to prevent a repeat of the 2014 Ukrainian crisis.
If we are to understand the Belarus crisis through complexity and resilience-thinking, there is no turning back – only a way forward towards building a self-sustainable community of relations.
Despite the arrest of hundreds of people, including two of the main opposition candidates, will Europe’s last dictator, Aliaksandr Lukashenka, fall in the upcoming election?
This chapter describes the author’s travel, stories and experiences meeting with Belarusian political opposition before and after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
RFE/RL was an unusual place, especially the canteen where people of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe would gather together with German staff and British and American researchers.
This chapter describes the author’s travel, stories and experiences as a history professor and PhD student in Alberta, Canada.
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