“Vaccine diplomacy” targeted at Eastern Partnership countries
June 01, 2021
This brief reviews the Eastern Partnership countries’ responses to “vaccine diplomacy” that major states targeted at them.
The different approaches of Christian confessions to COVID-19 in Armenia, Belarus, and Ukraine
March 31, 2021
This report examines the differing approaches to COVID-19 by the largest Christian churches in Armenia, Belarus, and Ukraine. It does so by assessing their relationships to, and communication with, state authorities and religious adherents.
Government communication and public resilience to propaganda during COVID-19 in Belarus, Georgia, and Ukraine
January 25, 2021
This report analyses the content and efficiency of official communication on COVID-19 related issues in Belarus, Georgia, and Ukraine. It also pays attention to pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives concerning COVID-19 in each of the three countries.
The coronavirus outbreak in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine: Responses by the state, business and civil society
October 28, 2020
The different responses to the first wave of COVID-19 in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine between March and June 2020 largely reflected the political regime, economic structure and social conditions in each country, Ekaterina Pierson-Lyzhina and Oleksii Kovalenko explain in their research.
Sputnik Polska. Propaganda narratives and cases
September 07, 2020
A new study by Aliaksandr Aleshka explores propaganda narratives of Sputnik Polska based on the systematic monitoring of materials published from June 2019 to May 2020. Sputnik Polska, established inearly 2015, is a part of Sputnik, a Russian news agency and radio broadcaster which publishes online stories and radio shows, as well as videos.
Спрос и предложение в сфере онлайн-услуг: Потребности белорусского общества и возможности белорусских НПО
July 30, 2020
Тенденция перехода жителей Беларуси в онлайн для работы, учебы и развлекательных видов деятельности ускорилась в последние месяцы в связи с коронавирусной эпидемией. По этой причине приобретает актуальность вопрос, каким образом белорусские неправительственные организации (НПО) могут учесть изменившиеся потребности и предпочтения белорусского общества.
Belarus at a Crossroads: Political Regime Transformation and Future Scenarios
July 22, 2020
In this report Andrei Yeliseyeu analyzes Belarus’s pre-election campaign period, Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s election campaign and his domestic political priorities, and examines Belarus’s political regime transformation towards personalist military rule. The study also reviews the dynamics of the Belarus-Russia relationship, and discusses probable scenarios for the near Belarus’s political future.
The Eurasian Economic Union by 2020: Expectations, Challenges, Achievements
June 16, 2020
The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), an organization for regional economic integration between five post-Soviet states, marked its fifth anniversary on January 1, 2020. Its founding treaty, signed first by Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia, then followed by Kyrgyzstan and Armenia, celebrates six years in May 2020. The EAEU is the most developed form of integration among post-Soviet states. As a contractual, rules-based regime, it differs qualitatively from a number of previous fragmented and unsuccessful integration initiatives in the post-Soviet space.
Health of democracy in the CEE countries amid coronavirus epidemic
May 15, 2020
What is the proper balance between public health safety and personal liberties, and what are the threats to liberal democracy during the pandemic? Do autocracies mitigate the impact of the coronavirus better than democracies? These questions will likely continue to be debated as the global coronavirus crisis progresses. As Oleksii Kovalenko and Eka Maghaldadze argue, one thing is already clear: Some central and eastern European rulers are seeing the pandemic and the public health crisis as a perfect pretext to silence critical voices and consolidate their power.
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