Beschreibung:
This book addresses the key questions about postcommunist Belarus, and comes to the optimistic conclusion that Belarus will survive into the twenty-first century, but as a Eurasian, rather than a European state.
Chapter 1 History of Belarus to 1985; Chapter 2 The Economy: 1986-1996; Chapter 3 Perestroyka and Independence, 1985-1993; Chapter 4 A New Presidency, June 1994-Spring 1996; Chapter 5 Lukashenka's Consolidation of Power; Chapter 6 Relations with Russia;