The European Council on Foreign Relations and Anglo-Belarusian Society organise an invitation-only discussion entitled “What Makes Belarus So Difficult?” on Thursday 17th May at ECFR’s office in Westminster.
While the ongoing human rights violations draw widespread international attention, the reasons which make the Belarusian political system so different from other Eastern European governments is a widely overlooked topic. The strong international reaction to symptoms of Belarus’ problems is often not accompanied by looking into the underlying reasons for these problems.
The discussion will offer an evaluation of the roots of the current political situation in Belarus and discuss solutions on how to better deal with the situation. It will shed light on the discourse of “carrots and sticks” in the EU policy, the reasons why Russia continuously supports the political status quo in Belarus as well as the possibilities for reaching out to the wider Belarusian society whilst bypassing the regime in Minsk.
Anglo-Belarusian Society now has an improved version of the web site where it will post announcements about Belarus-related events.
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