... postcommunism nationalism Alexander Lukashenko Soviet Union World War II 258 Some of the state s recent initiatives have sought to reappropriate ethno-cultural and pre-Soviet history and tradition, shaping a new politics of identity. Belarus s Winding Path to a Post-Soviet Identity NELLY BEKUS...

...Andrew Wilson The West should start planning for a post-Lukashenkist Belarus before it actually arrives. Lukashenko himself might survive, but his system will not—not all of it at least. © 2011 Current History. All rights reserved. 2011 The Regents of the University of California Andrew...

... Andrew Wilson Eastern Europe NATO European Union Ukraine Belarus Moldova Georgia Vladimir Putin Aleksandr Lukashenko 295 The Eastern European states are best understood as balancers rather than join- ers. Freedom of maneuver is their priority not hitching their fate to either the EU...