Foreign policy
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Belarus-USA: A Breakthrough unlikely
As Belarus lifts a cap on the number of U.S. diplomats allowed in the country, a full-scale work of the U.S. Embassy in Minsk will undoubtedly expand opportunities to develop the relations between the two countries.
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Belarus and Kazakhstan: Regime durability, claims for legitimacy and external influence
Belarus shares some features of non-competitive authoritarian regimes but is closer to being a competitive authoritarian regime. The cult of personality is much less present in Belarus than in Kazakhstan.
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National security analytics (July 2018)
The most important events of the month: 03.07.2018 in Minsk, the traditional military parade took place.
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Belarus security analytics (May 2018)
Lukashenka attempts to provoke a competition among power structures for the conditional status of the most effective agency. Currently, the Belarusian leader is not satisfied with the activities of a number of law enforcement agencies and their leaders.
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Elements of neutrality in Belarusian foreign policy and national security policy
This study examines the three following questions. Firstly, the authors examine the origins and development of the Belarusian neutrality. Secondly, the study identifies the main elements and manifestations of neutrality in the Belarusian foreign policy and national security policy.
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Belarus-Russia Relations after the Ukraine Conflict
Since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict began, the Kremlin has persistently tried to expand its control over Belarus, a process that has had quite the opposite effect as Belarusian government policy became more independent in 2014-2015. There has always existed a paradox in the simultaneous continge
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Towards strategic cooperation between Belarus and Ukraine: benefits and challenges
The author suggests five incentives that could foster Belarus-Ukrainedialogue:
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Semi-annual monitoring of the main trends BISS-Trends (July - December 2014)
This new issue of BISS-Trends is a semiannual monitoring review of the main developments in the Belarusian state and society in the second half of 2014.
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Semi-annual monitoring of the main trends BISS-Trends (January - June 2014)
This new issue of BISS-Trends is a semiannual monitoring review of the main developments in the Belarusian state and society in the first half of 2014.
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Relations between Belarus and African countries from 1992 to 2013
Belarus’ policy towards African countries is marked by a pragmatic approach. Aware of limited resources the Belarusian government and businesses have at their disposal, Belarusian economic agents are cautious in cooperation with African countries.
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Belarus’ relations with the Arab World in 1992-2012 (case study)
The relationship with the Arab World has always been one of the pillars of Belarus’ foreign policy and has showed a positive yet controversial development trend.
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Foreign Policy Accent. Supplement to BISS Belarus’ Foreign Policy Index №22, September-October 2014
Over the last two years, we have witnessed a marked increase in the number of contacts between Belarus and the United States, some of them being truly unprecedented against the modest backdrop of the bilateral relationship.
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Foreign Policy Accent. Supplement to BISS Belarus’ Foreign Policy Index №16, September-October 2013
Belarus is tacitly adapting its foreign policy in the developing world to the reality of the unipolar world, the examples being the minimization of its relations with Iran and Syria and intensification of contacts with the Arab monarchies and Turkey.
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Belarus-EU: The likely consequences of a readmission agreement
This research study is concerned with the description of the essence of readmission agreements and analysis of the consequences of the proposed agreement on readmission between Belarus and the European Union. The readmission agreement is instrumental in visa facilitation.
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Belarus-EU: Access Denied
The present study focuses on the reasons for refusal of entry for Belarusian citizens into the EU in 2006-2011. Insignificant at first sight, the issue seems very important if one looks at the statistics. In 2011, 6,000 Belarusians were denied entry into the EU.
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European Dialogue on Modernisation: A Model Kit
Although the European Dialogue on Modernisation with Belarus has just kicked off, it has already faced a barrage of criticism from both Belarusian and European experts.
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Eurasian Integration: to Brussels via Moscow
A lot of countries that do not belong to the European Union take efforts to approximate their national legislation to that of the EU.
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Belarus and the European policy: state, goals, perspectives (Policy paper)
The relations between Belarus and Europe are entering a new period. This period is characterized by a longer lag of political changes, political tranquility and the dominance of the execution of already taken decisions.
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Revenge in the middlegame: games in the Eastern Partnership
"Public Advisory Council under the Presidential Administration is ready to represent Belarus at the Civil Society Forum of the EU Eastern Partnership policy." This was stated by the Chairman of the PAC, the head of the Presidential Administration, Vladimir Makei at the meeting of the Council on 2
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Suggestions for the priorities of the EU-Belarus under the National Indicative Programme and the role of civil society in its development (Policy Paper)
This document provides discussion on the priorities of the National Indicative Programme 2012-2013 for Belarus, as well as on the approaches to the elaboration of such programs in the future.
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Eastern Partnership as an innovation: how to change the European space
This document proposes a number of innovations concerning the further development of the Eastern Partnership.
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EU countries: Interest in the Eastern Partnership
EU countries can be divided into 3 groups: 1) Those which use the Eastern Partnership (EaP) as an opportunity to establish ties predominantly outside the borders of the EU; 2) which the EaP to a greater extent in cooperation with the EU and 3) those which occupy an intermediate position.
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European Dialogue for modernization with Belarusian society (Position paper)
In response to the initiative "European Dialogue for Modernization" a number of Belarusian think tanks and civil society organizations - participants of the meeting on March 29 - present the position of the principles, bases, possible format and content of the modernization process.
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How to increase the transformational potential of the European dialogue on modernization? (Position paper)
Reaffirming our full support of dialogue, we ask the attention of all the participants on the need to amend the procedure for future activities and organizational structure of the European dialogue on modernization.
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European dialogue on modernization: current state and problems of development (Policy paper)
European dialogue on modernization with Belarusian society (EDM) was announced on March 29, 2012 by the European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule. This initiative offers a new format of relations between Belarus and the EU in addition to existing instruments.
Centre for European Transformation