![American Councils Program for Individualized Instruction in Belarusian Language](https://www.belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/American_Councils.jpg)
Evgeny Morozov became a Yahoo! Fellow at Georgetown University for 2009-2010. A national of Belarus, Evgeny was a fellow of Open Society Institute in New York before moving to Washington. He publishes and speaks widely on of the...
![What Washington and Minsk Have to Talk About](https://www.belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/20090814_gordon1_t-1-150x150.jpg)
On Friday, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Phillip Gordon listened more than he talked. Perhaps because he was not graced with the presence of the chief Belarusian...
![Two Letters to Obama with One Subject: Russia](https://www.belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/letters_to_bama-150x150.jpg)
Last July, a number of European leaders, signed an open letter to Obama urging a more active and principle-driven role of the United States in Europe....
![Barely Solvent but Ready to Gamble](https://www.belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/0000e117-150x150.jpg)
President Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s playing Moscow against the West is turning a profit in the midst of global economic crisis. Having received $1.5 billion from Russia and $1.5 billion from the International...
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The Belarusian government not only violates human rights at home, but also hand over fist contributes to their violations abroad, going just as unpunished. Last week Graduate Institute of International Studies issued a report titled “Small Arms Survey 2009: Shadows...
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WASHINGTON — Freedom House released its country reports on freedom in the world. Belarus remains the only European country classiffied as “Not Free”. A few former Soviet Union countries did better — Ukraine and Baltic States are regarded “Free”, while...
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The first move of Obama administration towards Belarus seems to be in line with the U.S. policy of putting pressure on Belarus for violations of human...
![Victims of Communism Memorial: Wreath Laying Ceremony and Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom Ceremony](https://www.belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/header-statue.png)
WASHINGTON — Wreath Laying Ceremony and Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom Ceremony will take place at the Victims of Communism Memorial on June 16, 2009. A delegation of Belarusian...
![The Wall Street Journal: Europe’s Last Dictatorship](https://www.belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/wsj.gif)
![Shifts in Belarus’s Domestic and Foreign Policies and Its Implications For The Region](https://www.usukraine.org/images/belarus050809_clip_image002.jpg)
You are invited to attend a presentation by Jaroslav Romanchuk, a leading market-oriented Belarusian economist. The presentation is organized by the Baltic Black Sea Initiative (BBSI). Mr. Romanchuk...
![Jonathan Moore’s interview to Charter97](https://www.belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/moore.jpg)
The United States chargé d’affaires in Belarus Jonathan Moore recently gave an interview to Charter97. Below is the full text of the interview: - Mr. Moore, an...
![“Does the Political Regime in Belarus Change” at Kennan Institute on April 27](https://www.belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/kennan_institute.gif)
Alexandra Goujon will give a talk “Does the Political Regime in Belarus Change” on Monday, April 27 at noon at Kennan Institute. Alexandra Goujon is an Assistant Professor of Political...
![Newsweek International on Bielar.us Blockade](https://www.belarusdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/logonewsweek.gif)
Newsweek International published Evgeny Morozov's article on how our hosting provider had blocked this web site. According to the article, the U.S. firms, spooked...
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28 лютага адбыўся чарговы сход гуртка Беларуска-Амэрыканскага Задзіночаньня ў горадзе Вашынгтоне, у якiм узялi ўдзел 12 сяброў.