Natalia Leshchenko is an analyst of politics and business in east-central Europe. She works at the Institute for State Ideologies (INSTID)
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Published in: HomeBelarus: paralysis and reinventionBelarus is gripped by economic crisis, its people discontented, its government trapped by inertia. The depth of the...
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Published in: HomeAlexander Lukashenka’s new test
The Belarusian president’s latest election victory and the violent crackdown after it clarify the national challenge...
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Published in: HomeBelarusians: in need of a nation
The contest between rival “Soviet” and “European” discourses fuels a dead-end debate about Belarus’s elusive...
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Published in: HomeKyrgyzstan: the absence of mercy
The humanitarian crisis in southern Kyrgyzstan fits all the requirements for international intervention. So why is...
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Published in: HomeBelarus: love and paranoia
A Belarusian novel encourages citizens to question their own role in perpetuating the regime that governs them. The...
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