Autorentext

Aliaksei Kazharski received his PhD from Comenius University in Bratislava in 2015. He has worked at Charles University in Prague and has been a guest researcher at the universities of Oslo, Tartu, Vienna, Malmö, and Uppsala, the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna (IWM), and the Polish Academy of Sciences. He published two monographs: Eurasian Integration and the Russian World: Regionalism as an Identitary Enterprise (2019) and Central Europe Thirty Years after the Fall of Communism: A Return to the Margin? (2022, winner of the International Studies Association, Global International Relations Section 2022-2023 Book Award).

Klappentext

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Belarus presents a thorough introduction and overview of the country's history, politics, and international relations.

Inhalt

Introduction: Writing about Belarus during "Interesting" Times 1. Belarus-EU Relations: Analyzing Development Phases and Evaluating the EU's Policy Effectiveness 2. Belarus's Relations with Russia: is the Balancing Act Ending? 3. Belarus' Relations Beyond the West and Russia: Strategic Partnership with China 4. Belarusian Politics in Exile after 2020: The Emergence and Evolution of a Transnational 'Political Society in Exile' 5. The Impact of Russia's War against Ukraine on Belarus: Geopolitics, Regime Survival, Societal Responses 6. Political Regime Transformations: Digital Authoritarianism, Repression, and the Internet 7. The Rule of Law in Belarus: Thirty Years of Driving Backwards 8. Political Opposition in Authoritarian Contexts: The Case of Belarus 9. Political Protests in Contemporary Belarus: Mobilization, Technology, and (Un)Used Political Opportunities 10. Belarusian Civil Society: Navigating Hostile Environments 11. From Authoritarianism to Freedom and Back Again: Belarusian News Media Landscape 12. Belarus' Migration Policies and Instrumentalisation of Migrants 13. Geopolitics of Nuclear Transition: The Impact of the Astravets Nuclear Power Plant on Belarus' Energy Policy and Politics 14. Sociolinguistic Situation and Language Policies in Belarus 15. 'Hybrid Adaptation': Education Policy in Belarus 1991-2024 16. National Minorities in Belarus and the Government's Attitudes Towards Them 17. Gender and Politics in Belarus: a Feminist Analysis 18. How the Republic of Belarus Became Obsessed with Historical Memory 19. The Early Aftermath of the Chernobyl Accident in Belarus 20. National Self-Images and Regional Identities in Belarus 21. An Introduction to the Belarusian Language: History and Structural Features 22. Religion in Belarus: Cultural and Sociopolitical Dimensions 23. Uncovering Belarusian History