Between East and West: Belarus at a Crossroads

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017
2:00 to 3:30 P.M.

Atlantic Council
1030 15th Street, NW
12th Floor (West Tower Elevators)
Washington, D.C. 20005

*A partnership event with Atlantic Council

** To watch a video recording of the event, please click here.

About the Event: 

Belarus is increasingly taking on importance for Western policymakers and defense planners due to its geostrategic location between NATO and Russia. With an easing of EU sanctions, Belarus’s economic relations with Europe are growing, but the country remains dependent on Russia across many sectors. As Western relations with Moscow continue to deteriorate and become more hostile, there is growing understanding in the West of the need to prevent the Belarusian state from falling entirely under Russian political and military domination.

The Atlantic Council and the Jamestown Foundation will bring together a group of experts to evaluate the gradual rapprochement between Belarus and the West, examine its prospects, and analyze the impact for Belarusian statehood stemming from current tensions between Moscow and Minsk.

Agenda:

Welcome & Introduction

Ambassador John Herbst
Director, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center
Atlantic Council

Mr. Glen Howard
President
The Jamestown Foundation

H.E. Oleg Kravchenko
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Republic of Belarus

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Discussion

Ms. Margarita Assenova
Director of Programs for the Balkans, Caucasus, and Central Asia
The Jamestown Foundation

Dr. Michael Carpenter
Senior Director, Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement
University of Pennsylvania;
Senior Fellow, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center
Atlantic Council

H.E. Oleg Kravchenko
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Republic of Belarus

Mr. Yauheni Preiherman
Director
Minsk Dialogue Track-II Initiative

Moderator:
Ambassador John Herbst
Director, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center
Atlantic Council