BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS
DATE:
26/01/2011
Belarus: Assessing the Aftermath
In recent years, the United States and Europe have achieved a degree of success in engaging Belarus through conditional diplomacy, bilateral cooperation on nuclear nonproliferation and the European Union's Eastern Partnership framework. When the regime in Minsk, led by President Alexander Lukashenko, promised to open the December 2010 presidential election to international monitoring and to offer space for candidates from the democratic opposition to campaign, the U.S. and Europe hoped the election might create conditions that would allow a "reset" in future relations with the West. However, the election was marred by rampant fraud and followed by a violent government crackdown, quashing any hope for a continued thaw between Belarus and the West.
Event Information
When
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
4:30 PM to 5:45 PM
Where
Saul/Zilkha Rooms
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
Contact: Brookings Office of Communications
Email: events@brookings.edu
Phone: 202.797.6105
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On February 2, the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings (CUSE) and the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University (SAIS) will host a discussion to examine the situation in Belarus, further policy options for the transatlantic partners and the likely long-term consequences of the recent democratic backsliding. The panel will include presentations by two SAIS students who have recently visited Belarus as part of a study tour. Following the panelists' remarks, Lawrence Silverman, director for Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, will offer comments.
Mitchell Orenstein of SAIS will provide introductory remarks and Brookings Senior Fellow and CUSE Director Fiona Hill will moderate the discussion. After the program, the speakers will take audience questions.
Participants
Introduction
Mitchell Orenstein
S. Richard Hirsch Associate Professor of European Studies
Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Moderator
Fiona Hill
Director, Center on the United States and Europe
Featured Speaker
Lawrence Silverman
Director, Office of Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus Affairs, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Panel
Monica Sendor
Johns Hopkins University
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Edward Wrong
Johns Hopkins University
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Source:
http://www.brookings.edu/events/2011/0202_belarus.aspx
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