Belarus

World / Politics Nov 12, 2020

Trump’s election tactics put him in unsavory company

by Andrew Higgins

Trump has joined a club of truculent leaders who, regardless of what voters decide, declare themselves the winners of elections.

Commentary / World Oct 19, 2020

Russia’s post-Soviet hegemony is fading

by Clara Ferreira Marques

Moscow's backyard is not what it was. A multi-polar world is emerging, but not the one Vladimir Putin has sought to promote.

Commentary / World Oct 13, 2020

In Putin’s pain, there is an opportunity

by Brad Glosserman

Putin is taking great pleasure in the convulsions that have seized the U.S. body politic, yet the satisfaction must be fleeting as his attention focuses elsewhere.

World / Politics | FOCUS Oct 8, 2020

Putin, long the sower of instability, is now surrounded by it

by Anton Troianovski

Concurrent crises have blindsided the Kremlin, undermining the Russian leader's image as a master tactician on the world stage.

World Oct 2, 2020

EU leaders back Belarus sanctions and warn Turkey over drilling

EU leaders agreed to impose sanctions against members of the Belarus regime on Friday and fired a warning at Turkey over its gas drilling activities in the eastern Mediterranean. In a summit statement hammered out over more than six hours of haggling, the 27 leaders ...

Commentary / World Sep 28, 2020

Lukashenko and Erdogan are laughing at the EU

by Andreas Kluth

The EU still requires unanimity for all foreign policy decisions. This has been one factor, amid many, that’s neutered European foreign policy over the years.

Commentary / World Sep 20, 2020

Hong Kong offers a glimpse of one Belarus future

by Clara Ferreira Marques

From the start, the crowds in Minsk learned from Hong Kong’s broad-based, leaderless campaign. They, too, were making demands of a system ill-equipped to compromise.

Commentary / World Sep 16, 2020

Europe needs to recognize the threat from Russia

by The Editors

Moscow’s forthright challenge to international norms demands a forceful Western response. But it won’t come from the Trump administration.

World / Politics | FOCUS Sep 13, 2020

Putin doubles down on Belarus ally, wary of protest contagion

Russian President Vladimir Putin is tightening his embrace of beleaguered ally Alexander Lukashenko as the Belarusian ruler intensifies a crackdown on monthlong protests. Putin, who hosts Lukashenko for talks in Sochi on Monday, is determined opposition demonstrators won’t topple the Belarusian president, said five people ...