Weaponising migrants : Belarusian blackmail & multilateralism

• Main Author: Kliem, Frederick
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Country and Region Studies; Regionalism and Multilateralism
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155367
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Belarusian dictator Lukashenko is currently launching a hybrid attack on the European Union by sending migrants to the EU border. This method is as old as it is cynical. The biggest problem is that hostile actors can so easily undermine multilateralism.