The Belarusian migrant crisis and state propaganda Hanna Vasilevich The height of the migrant crisis on the Belarus-Poland border made headlines around the world last year in what was to become [...]
Belarus’s Day of National Unity: a controversial public holiday with a flawed logic Kiryl Kascian On September 17th, Belarus celebrated its so-called “Day of National Unity”, an official holiday created on [...]
Migration crisis presents opportunites for Lithuania’s Orbán admirer Kiryl Kascian and Vitold Jančis The recent migration crisis has brought new issues to Lithuanian politics. Home to the country’s Polish minority, the south-eastern [...]
Constitutional Reform in Belarus: Feasible Changes or an Imitative Process? Hanna Vasilevich In Belarus, President Lukashenka is ostensibly contemplating constitutional reforms demanded by the people, but his actions indicate his intent [...]
Lukashenka’s campaign against Nazism: one must imagine Sisyphus happy Kiryl Kascian On May 14th, Alyaksandr Lukashenka approved a new law on preventing the rehabilitation of Nazism. It quickly became a part [...]
Belarus-Poland relations: minorities caught in-between The Belarusian authorities, in response to recently rising diplomatic tensions with Poland, have initiated repressive legislation which has targeted civil society and protestors. But in [...]
Constitutional reform in Belarus: Consolidation or conflict? Hanna Vasilevich The much-debated topic of constitutional reform in Belarus was discussed once again at the All-Belarusian People’s Congress in February. Lukashenka has requested [...]
Belarus is in an unprecedented political crisis with no resolution in sight In August 2020, following a hotly disputed presidential election, Aliaksandr Lukashenka was declared President of Belarus. Since then, [...]
Belarusian national identity: what did the 2020 protests demonstrate? Hanna Vasilevich The 2020 post-presidential protests, the most long-lasting and numerous in the history of independent Belarus, are noticeable from various perspectives, [...]
What new election should the Belarusian society demand? Kiryl Kascian The recent fraudulent presidential election in Belarus has triggered continuous mass protests throughout the country. The violent crackdown of the protests [...]
