Belarus: External Pressure, Internal Change

The Editors: Hans-Georg Heinrich is Professor emeritus at the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna (Austria), and Vice President of the International Center for Advanced and Comparative EU-Russia/NIS Research (ICEUR-Vienna). He has authored and edited several books on post-Soviet politics and served in field presences of international organizations in various transition countries.Ludmilla Lobova is an ethnologist and political scientist with a track record in post-Soviet research. She is Scientific Director of ICEUR-Vienna.

• Contents: Vladimir N. Shimov: Program-Target Approach to Transforming an Economy: Experience of Belarus (1991-2007) – Leonid Zaiko: Belarus Today: Two Trajectories of One Country – Igor Katibnikov: Economic Reforms in Belarus – Yaroslav Romanchuk: The Belarusian Republic: Genesis, Results and Perspectives of the Neo-Planned Economy – Sergey Musienko: Belarus and Europe: Their Elites and Their View of Political Responsibility – Michail Marinic: The Economy of Belarus: From the Energy Crisis Towards Reforms and Cooperation With Europe – Svetlana Zavadskaia: Belarusian Mass Media. The Independence Period (1994-2007) – Anna Zadora: The Belarusian Elite: Formation, Conduct and Developmental Dynamics. A Socio-Historical Perspective – Andrei Vardamatski: Freedom: An Axiological Agent of Change in Belarus – Žygimantas Vaičiūnas/Justinas Dementavičius: Scenarios of the Transformation of the Belarus Regime – Rafał Sadowski: Belarus Between the European Union and Russia: The Polish Perspective – Michael Delyagin: New Belarus for New Russia: Past, Present, Future – Peter Havlik: Belarus Between Russia and the European Union: Some Reflections on the Belarusian ‘Economic Miracle’ and Future Prospects – Stephan Barisitz: The Belarusian Banking System – Martin Rossmann: Elections and Political Pluralism in Belarus – Yakov E. Kenigsberg: The Consequences of Chernobyl in Belarus: Ongoing Problems – Corinna Windisch: The Struggle for the ‘Right Official Version’ Diplomacy and the Issue of the Chernobyl Desaster – Andrei Stepanov: The Role of ‘Chernobyl’ in the Political Process in Belarus: Shaping the Political System and Public Policy – Andrei Riabov: Belarus in Russian Politics: Lessons from a Relationship and Factors of Influence – Tatiana Zhurzhenko: Sisters Into Neighbors Ukrainian Belarusian Relations after 1991 – Johannes Eigner: Relations between the EU and Belarus – Vahram Abadjian: The OSCE and Belarus: The Long and Winding Road of Co-operation – Andrey I. Suzdaltsev: Relations between Moscow and Minsk (2005-2007) – Hans-Georg Heinrich/Ludmilla Lobova: Belarus: External Pressure, Internal Change. Conclusions and Policy Recommendations (March 2009).