| dcterms.contributor.author | Titarenko, Larissa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-24T08:17:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-24T08:17:02Z | |
| dcterms.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dcterms.identifier.citation | Titarenko, L. (2018). "Belarus and the European Union. From confrontation to the dialogue". CSE Working Papers 18/01. Università degli Studi di Salerno, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche, Sociali e della Comunicazione | it_IT |
| dcterms.identifier.issn | 2385-0310 | it_IT |
| dcterms.identifier.uri | http://www.paperscse.unisa.it | it_IT |
| dcterms.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10556/2553 | |
| dcterms.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.14273/unisa-952 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Republic of Belarus as an independent state appeared on the map of Europe only in 1991, after
the collapse of the Soviet Union. Currently, Belarus is a middle-size country on the borderland
between the European Union and Russia. Although politically Belarus is independent,
it takes part in the political and economic unions within the post-soviet region, such as
Eurasian Economic Union. Belarus is also in the bilateral union with Russia. Therefore its
foreign policy depends on these Unions. From 1994 when the country turned from the Parliamentary
to the Presidential Republic, an authoritarian political regime of Alexander
Lukashenko has been established: conservative in domestic issues and politically oriented to
Russia. This political factor influences Belarusian foreign policy. Belarus participated in the
Wider Europe and Eastern Neighborhood Program, being an outsider in both programs because
until recently both sides, Belarus and the European Union, prioritized their own interests
and did not make any political compromises. Under the influence of recent political and
economic changes in the region (protracted economic crises, escalation of Russian-Ukrainian
conflict after 2014 Maidan revolution, long-lasting Western anti-Belarus political and economic
sanctions) Belarus has started a new wave of post-soviet transition. Still being nationalistic
and paternalistic, the country is becoming more open to the West and making steps
forward the European Union. For this reason, in 2015 most of the Western political and economic
sanctions were suspended, and the relationship between the European Union and Belarus
got improved. It is still unclear what will be the next steps in the EU-Belarus affairs.
However, geopolitical position of Belarus as a borderland between the East and the West
makes it necessary to promote multilateral policy and develop political, economic and cultural
dialogue with the European Union. | it_IT |
| dcterms.format.extent | 32 p. | it_IT |
| dc.language.iso | en | it_IT |
| dc.relation.ispartof | CSE Working Papers 18|01: febbraio 2018 | it_IT |
| dcterms.source | UniSa. Sistema Bibliotecario di Ateneo | it_IT |
| dcterms.subject | Belarus | it_IT |
| dcterms.subject | European Union | it_IT |
| dcterms.subject | Foreign policy | it_IT |
| dcterms.subject | Bilateral relations | it_IT |
| dcterms.subject | Economy | it_IT |
| dcterms.subject | Sanctions | it_IT |
| dcterms.subject | Dialogue | it_IT |
| dcterms.title | Belarus and the European Union. From confrontation to the dialogue | it_IT |
| dcterms.type | Working Paper | it_IT |
| dcterms.identifier.e-issn | 2384-969X | it_IT |
