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About Margot Letain

Margot Letain is an independent scholar and writer on Belarusian and east-central European politics.

Articles by Margot Letain

Monday 10th April

The 'denim revolution': a glass half full

The message of Belarus's election is that its people are losing their fear and finding their own way to democracy, says Margot Letain.
Wednesday 15th March

Denim and democracy: what Belarusians need

Whatever some in the west may hope, Belarus is not another domino ready to fall as soon as elections are held, like Ukraine and Georgia, for recent history has made Belarusians wary of democratic reform. Change will come, but at a different pace and in different way, says Margot Letain.
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