Relations between Belarus and China in 2020-2022: What lies behind the “all-weather partnership”

The report analyzes political and economic relations between Belarus and China in 2020-2022 and the main trends in official Belarusian rhetoric on the topic of bilateral relations.
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Health of democracy in the CEE countries amid coronavirus epidemic

As Oleksii Kovalenko and Eka Maghaldadze argue, one thing is already clear: Some central and eastern European rulers are seeing the pandemic as a perfect pretext to silence critical voices and consolidate their power.
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Belarusian foreign policy: a time of crisis or rebirth?

Are so-called “multi-vector” strategies in post-Soviet Eurasia coming to their end? Ekaterina Pierson-Lyzhina and Paul Hansbury argue that the opposite may be the case.
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EU sanctions against Russia: Uneven future of the pro-Russian sentiments

Oleksii Kovalenko tried to unravel, what is the best decision for the EU to make – to lift the sanctions, to extend them again, or to tighten the sanction regime against Russia.
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Belarusian shrimps anyone? How EU food products make their way to Russia through Belarus

This Andrei Yeliseyeu's research assesses volumes of trade in embargoed products, specifies their fake countries of origin and presents the impact of this phenomenon on Belarus-Russia relations.
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Belarus’ re-export of banned Western food to Russia: Effects for the Eurasian Economic Union

Russia attmpted to use the Eurasian Economic Union mechanisms repeatedly in order to impose a more efficient system of control over re-exported food on the EAEU countries, but largely without success.
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Relations between Belarus and developing countries in 2016: Logical stagnation

A systematic review of the Belarus' economic and political relations with developing countries in 2016. Further stagnation in the diplomatic contacts with developing countries is defined as one of the most important trends.
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The Poland–Belarus Relationship: Geopolitics Gave New Impetus,  but no Breakthrough

In 2014 Poland–Belarus relations received a new impetus after three years of having a cold relationship The EAST researcher Andrei Yeliseyeu's report reviews developments in bilateral relations between Poland and Belarus since then.
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Belarus’ measured repressions

Lukashenka seeks for an optimal level of repressions, high enough to discourage Belarusians from protesting and low enough for the EU to continue a gradual rapprochement with Minsk.
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Belarus: Europeanisation through the “Back-Door”?

Belarus lags behind the other EaP countries, both in its links with the EU and in its approximation to EU standards. However, despite a lack of formal contractual relations with the EU and illiberal domestic policies, Belarus still exposes some potential for Europeanization.
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Eurasian States in Transition