Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Belarus (Hardcover)

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