Reassessing Lukashenka pp 87-119 | Cite as
Belarus and the West: From Estrangement to Honeymoon and Back to Estrangement
Abstract
To the consumer of world news who happens to be aware of Belarus’s existence, the West’s attitude to it boils down to a burning desire to establish democracy in that country. In 2005, Belarus was labeled Europe’s last dictatorship1 and thus an aberration of sorts. The authoritarian regime of President Lukashenka — more specifically, the way it treats internal opposition — is something that deprives Western leaders and Western institutions promoting democracy of a good night’s sleep. What Azerbaijani or Central Asian dictators do (to name just a few post-Soviet cases) is for some reason not nearly as irritating as what the Belarusian leader does.
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