Belarus : new arena for Russia-West discord

• Main Author: Cheang, Chris
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Country and Region Studies; International Politics and Security
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144086
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The opposition to Belarussian President Lukashenko’s electoral victory on 9 August 2020 over allegations of fraud, has introduced another destabilising element into Russia’s already tense relations with the EU and the West. Yet, his political future as well as his country’s will depend more on Russi...