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Preface
Pavol Demeš and Sascha Müller-Kraenner
Foreword
Alyaksandr Milinkevich
Introduction
Joerg Forbrig, David R. Marples and Pavol Demeš
Signs of Hope Rather than a Color Revolution
Vitali Silitski
Part One
Before the Presidential Elections:
Domestic Developments in Belarus
Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s Consolidation of Power
Ethan S. Burger and Viktar Minchuk
Recent Trends in Belarusian Public Opinion
Oleg Manaev
The Democratic Political Opposition
David R. Marples and Uladzimir Padhol
Civil Society and the Struggle for Freedom
Andrei Sannikov and Inna Kuley
Part Two
Belarus in the International Context:
Europe, the United States and Russia
European Union Policy towards Belarus: An Extended Hand
Pirkka Tapiola
The United States and Europe’s Last Dictatorship
Robin Shepherd
Russia’s Policy towards Belarus: A Tale of Two Presidents
Dmitri Trenin
International Democracy Assistance to Belarus: An Effective Tool?
Balázs Jarábik
Part Three
The 2006 Presidential Elections in Belarus
The Presidential Election Campaign: An Analysis
David R. Marples
Dispatches from Minsk, March 2006
Cry Freedom! A Photographic Diary
The Die is Cast!
Bogdan Klich
International Responses to the Presidential Elections in Belarus
Alina Belskaya
Part Four
Beyond Elections: Prospects for Democracy in Belarus
A Transatlantic Approach to Democracy in Belarus
David J. Kramer
A European Strategy towards Belarus: Becoming “Real”
Dov Lynch
A European Foundation for Democracy
Markus Meckel
Making Civil Society Support Central to EU Democracy Assistance
Kristi Raik
Assisting Democratic Transition in Belarus:
Lessons from Pre-1989 Poland
Jacek Kucharczyk
Sanctions for Lukashenka’s Regime!
Milan Horácˇek
Postscript
Belarus after the March 2006 Presidential Elections
David R. Marples
Appendix
Selected Bibliography
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Prospects for Democracy in Belarus, Joerg Forbrig, David R. Marples and Pavol Demeš, Editors, Second Edition 2006
This publication has been supported by the European Commission, within
the “Enlargement 2004” program as part of the “Neighbourhoods in Europe: Within new borders with common perspectives” initiative.
Copyright © 2006 by The German Marshall Fund of the United States and Individual Authors
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