Publication

This publication examines the relationship between the EU and Belarus after the oil and gas crisis in the winter of 2006 and 2007. The authors analyze whether the dynamics of EU-Belarus relations have changed and whether the EU has succeeded in increasing its leverage over the country. They conclude that the EU retains little effective leverage on the regime in Belarus and put forward a series of short- and longer-term measures that the EU might consider on the condition that Belarus commits to addressing human rights and democratization.