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Hundreds of thousands of people have protested the regime of Alexander Lukashenko over the last six months – a new survey reveals what they want.
Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump has exposed the fragility of democratic institutions, mirroring a global trend in authoritarianism, and that will have a lasting effect on the United States.
Russia may not be a foreign policy priority for the incoming Biden administration. But its promise to foreground democracy will put the Kremlin on edge.
Has Europe’s last dictator finally gone too far?
Why haven’t international and European human rights organisations done more to protect the human rights of Belarusians?
Belarus’s economy is closely linked to Russia. Could Putin’s support for Lukashenko during ongoing protests be in turn for more integration.
A new survey conducted just before the disputed election, shows how the views of young Belarusians are changing.
People have lost all faith in Lukashenko to fix the country’s economy.
Russia’s reaction to previous unrest in its neighbours provides clues on how Vladimir Putin may respond to protests in Belarus.
Pres. Lukashenka of Belarus has stayed in power for 26 years by being a master tactician. But he has seriously mishandled opposition protests, says a Belarus-born scholar of Eastern European politics.
State controlled exit poll gives authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko 80% of the vote.
Opposition candidates have been arrested amid mass protests and a worsening coronavirus pandemic ahead of the August 9 election.
Censorship, repression and disinformation have characterised Central Asian responses to COVID-19.
Documentary or drama? The HBO/Sky series is gripping watching, but sometimes facts make way for artistic licence.
Forging emotional bonds through care, companionship and shared experiences, two very different countries built civic ties from the rubble of the world’s worst nuclear disaster.
Migration may help to pay Western pensions, but life is hard for those left behind.
A round of ominous war games might not be cover for military action, but it could raise tensions to an explosive level.
After a high point in 2011, it looked like a global wave of protest had crested. But another one is surging.
President Lukashenko’s recent reconciliation with Putin is unlikely to help Belarusian citizens caught up in post-Soviet economic and social turmoil.
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Associate Professor of Instruction in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, University of South Florida
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Professor, Russian and East European History, University of Alberta
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Senior Researcher at the Centre for East European and International Studies and Associate Member of Nuffield College, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Modern European History, Queen Mary University of London
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford
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Research fellow with the Centre for French Culture, University of Warsaw
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Researcher in International Politics, University of Hamburg
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PhD Fellow in Political Science, Ghent University
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor in Human Rights Law, University of Liverpool
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Teaching Fellow in Public Policy and Management, University of Birmingham
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Senior Visiting Scholar with the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University
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Einstein Professor for the Comparative Study of Democracy and Authoritarianism, Humboldt University Berlin, and Director, Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS); University of Oxford