‘Our world has changed, the international order has transformed, and every actor is trying to adapt. With the end of unipolarity, the hegemony of liberal foreign policy also ended…Free trade has given way to protectionism; moralizing, value-centric diplomacy has given way to transactional realism. However, this recognition apparently eludes the European Union.’ The post The Great European Delusion and the Dawn of Realist Foreign Policy appeared first on Hungarian Conservative.| Hungarian Conservative
Lithuanian officials have accused neighboring Belarus of using balloons to violate EU airspace and disrupt air traffic as part of the Kremlin's ongoing hybrid war against Europe, writes Hanna Liubakova. The post Belarusian balloons pose new threat in Putin’s hybrid war against Europe appeared first on Atlantic Council.| Atlantic Council
Rarely are foreign policy scholars and analysts blessed with as crystalline a case study in abject failure as the Western approach to Belarus since 2020. From promoting concrete security interests, advancing human rights to everything in between, there is no metric by which anything done toward Minsk can be said to have worked. But even more striking has been the sheer sense of aggrieved befuddlement with the Trump administration for acknowledging this reality and seeking instead to repair ti...| Responsible Statecraft
Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka is attempting to repair relations with the West by trading political prisoners for concessions. If this hostage diplomacy proves successful, it will strengthen Lukashenka’s grip on power, writes Hanna Liubakova.| Atlantic Council
Contents The post Contents – Truth, trust & tricksters: Free expression in the age of AI appeared first on Index on Censorship.| Index on Censorship
U.S. President Donald Trump often says the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are among the events he is most excited about in his second term.| AP News
What’s lost in these stories is how strange and impossible it would've been just a couple years ago to imagine Russia being able to use Belarus as a staging ground for its military offensives. We’ve already forgotten that as recently as 2020, Lukashenko was flirting with NATO partnership, hosting anti-Russia hawks Mike Pompeo and John Bolton, and denying Russia the right to set up an airbase in Belarus (let alone hosting an entire invasion force). Then came the big western-backed regime...| THE EXILED – MANKIND'S ONLY ALTERNATIVE
Editor’s Note ur second issue of the year arrives at a difficult time for our school and nation. With over 3000 Americans dying every day from the COVID-19 pandemic, a country recovering from the invasion of its capitol, and Stanford students once again prohibited from coming to campus, it is easy to despair on the [...] The post Stanford Politics Magazine: January 2021 appeared first on Stanford Politics.| Stanford Politics
On International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus, Nobel Laureate Ales Bialiatski on letters, solidarity, and compassion. Translated by Valzhyna Mort.| PEN Transmissions
Belarus may host Russia’s new drone plant near NATO east borders, escalating regional stakes in the Ukraine war. Learn about the plan and its consequences.| Bulgarian Military Industry Review
“Andrzej Poczobut, a voice for the silenced, is paying a devastating price for his unwavering commitment to truth and justice. Locked away, deprived of the very freedoms he seeks to protect…| PEN Canada
After more than three years of imprisonment in Belarus, Radio Liberty journalist Andrey Kuznechyk has been freed.| USAGM
The Belarusian nation is at the start of a long and arduous journey towards democracy, which will require mobilisation, awareness and civic activity from most of Belarusian society. Only then will it be possible to depose the country’s authoritarian leader, build a democratic state and introduce political and economic reforms. The post Chances for political transformation and effective democratisation in Belarus appeared first on Liberal Culture.| Liberal Culture
I read a report questioning how much Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko spends on his hairstylist. I looked at a recent photograph and had a different question.| The New Leaf Journal
Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent announcement on December 6 that Russia intends to supply Belarus with Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missiles.| Bulgarian Military Industry Review
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko said he later managed to speak to Ukrainian officials through special channels and the situation was resolved through diplomatic means.| The Kyiv Independent
Sue Bohlin blogs about using goggles that simulate drunkenness to illustrate the importance of the right worldview.| Probe Ministries
Belarus' Armed Forces are "concentrating a significant number of personnel" as well as weaponry along Ukraine's northern border with Belarus "under the guise of exercises," Ukraine's Foreign Ministry warned on Aug. 25, citing information gathered by the country's intelligence sources.| The Kyiv Independent
von Holger Politt Auf den bemerkenswerten Text „Die auswärtige Politik des russischen Zarentums“ von Friedrich Engels aus dem Jahre 1890 hat Wolfgang Brauer Anfang 2023 ...| das-blaettchen.de
The Year in Photos: 2017 at MonkBoughtLunch.| MonkBoughtLunch
On 23 June 2023, the commando of the Wagner Group announced a rally for truth and justice to end the Kremlin’s bloody war in Ukraine. The ultimatum was clear. Putin’s quest to occupy Ukraine and hi…| Alter Publicus
