Breaking the Stalemate in Belarus

More than a thousand protesters were detained during the latest demonstration on Sunday 8 November against the authoritarian regime of Alexander Lukashenko. Without dialogue between the state and society about a democratic transition but instead a hardening of the regime, how will the opposition movement keep momentum in the upcoming months? We speak at length about recent events in Belarus, European and transatlantic efforts to support the democratic movement as well the all-present Russia factor with Joerg Forbrig, Senior Fellow and Director for Central and Eastern Europe at the German Marshall Fund of the United States in Berlin. This episode is part of the Eastern European Futures (EaP2030) project supported by the German Marshall Fund of the U.S. - Black Sea Trust. Read our scenarios for the Eastern Partnership region: www.visegradinsight.eu/EaP2030/ What role do women play in the protests? Find out in ‘From Beauty Queens to Freedom Fighters’: https://visegradinsight.eu/women-belarus-beauty-queens-freedom-fighters/ #Belarus #protests #Germany #EU #Russia #UnitedStates