ISBN: PB: 9780300259216
January 2021
256 pp.
23,5x15,6 cm
16 black&white illus.
PB:
11.99 GBP
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Belarus
The Last European Dictatorship (New Edition)
In 2020 Belarus made headlines around the world when protests erupted in the aftermath of a fraught presidential election. Andrew Wilson explores both Belarus's complicated road to nationhood and its politics and economics since it gained independence in 1991. Two new chapters reveal the extent of Aliaksandr Lukashenka's grip on power, the growth of the opposition movement and the violent crackdown that followed the vote. Wilson also examines the prospects for Europe as a whole of either Lukashenka's downfall or his survival with Russian support.
About the author
Andrew Wilson is a Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, and Reader in Ukrainian Studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. He has published widely on the politics of Eastern Europe, including "The Ukrainians" (now in its third edition), "Ukraine's Orange Revolution", "Virtual Politics: Faking Democracy in the Post-Soviet World" (the latter two joint winners of the Alexander Nove Prize in 2007) and "Belarus: The Last European Dictatorship", all four books published by Yale UP. His publications at the European Council on Foreign Relations include "The Limits of Enlargement-Lite: European and Russian Power in the Troubled Neighbourhood", and "Meeting Medvedev: The Politics of the Putin Succession".