Quo Vadis, Belarus 白俄罗斯的 Quo Vadis？

IRMO BRIEF102/2022BRIEFIR M O02IRMOInstitut za razvoj i meunarodne odnoseInstitute for Development and International RelationsUred u Zagrebu2022Quo Vadis,Belarus?By Zoran Meterthe global economic crisis in 2008 without too many problems and internal turmoil.Belarus has also successfully overcome problems with its neighbor the Russian Federation caused by disputes related to the content and dynamics of the implementation of the establishment of a Federal State between Belarus and Russia to which they previously committed.IntroductionYear 2021 was one of the most turbulent for Belarus since its independence after the collapse of the USSR.In the West Belarus is sometimes called the“European North Korea”and its longtime president Alexander Lukashenko,whom the West no longer recognizes,is dubbed“Europes Last Dictator.”Although this country is still to a large extent dug in its communist past,it has overcome