Belarus's Ukraine peace role will not end autocracy

Belarus' increasing involvement in the Donbas peace negotiations will not mean an end to Lukashenka's autocratic rule

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In this article

  • The 'last dictator in Europe'
  • Cordial Poroshenko/Lukashenka relations
  • Belarus continues Ukraine trade
  • Using Ukraine-Russia talks as a pretext to engage the EU
  • The pariah becomes respectable?
  • Belarus' Western foreign policy vector
  • Russian reaction
  • Limits of Lukashenka's Western pivot
  • Outlook

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