Hereafter an analysis of prospects for the foreign trade of the Republic of Belarus and its consecutive dependencies will be provided. Despite the obvious Moscow-wards lean of the ruling Lukashenka regime, throughout its existence the formula for foreign trade had been about diversification – minimisation of falling into full dependance of one dominating trading partner.…
Белорусское общество переживает внутреннюю эволюцию, оно постепенно, осознавая необходимость перемен в стране, превращается из обывателей в граждан. Тем не менее, несмотря на определенный политический оптимизм части населения, подъем, веру в новых лидеров, ощущается глубокий дефицит солидарности, который не позволяет сопротивляться давлению властей. Политическая солидарность – это коллективное осознание общих интересов и целей, внутренняя готовность их…
Failures and highlights of the ruling elites Ukraine’s post-Maidan government can point to some successes: the defense, energy, banking and agriculture sectors have all seen significant reforms. An electronic public procurement system is in place. Public officials have submitted to a system of electronic asset declarations intended to curb corruption. Yet public administration, law enforcement,…
Any analysis, predictions or assessments of the situation in Belarus, processes related to the 2015 elections and strategies of the opposition and the government must take the political impact of the revolution and the military conflict in Ukraine into account. The developments in the neighbouring country have already considerably affected Belarusian domestic politics, the…
The new year will see the Belarusian political system and Belarusian society in a state of routine developments and predictability. Belarus cannot expect a social rebel, a revolution, the growing strength of the opposition, the unexpected collapse of the political system, or democratisation after a flash of genius for the leadership. There will be no…
Pavel Usov Nowadays a lot is being said about what the EU could have done for Belarus after December 19, 2010 and what it didn’t do. In the first place I would like to go further than assessing the efficiency of political and economic sanctions and to discuss what Europe can do for Belarus from…
Doctor of Political Sciences Pavel Usov analyzes the Russian-Ukrainian war and its consequences for the post-Soviet space in an interview with Belarusian Partisan. — Ukraine expects the Belarusian authorities to condemn the Russian occupation of Crimea. Will Belarus do it? — It seems to me that Ukrainian authorities don’t expect statements of this kind from…
Russia’s presidential elections in any case affect Belarusian state and society. Close economic and political ties between two countries resemble a sort of misalliance. Recently we can observe the growing Russia’s influence in Belarus both politically (considering strained relations of Belarus with the West) and economically (ever increasing and direct expansion of the Russian business…