| Description |
1 online resource (117 pages) |
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European Political, Economic, and Security Issues
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European Political, Economic, and Security Issues.
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| Contents |
BELARUSDEVELOPMENTS, RELATIONS AND U.S. INTERESTS; BELARUSDEVELOPMENTS, RELATIONS AND U.S. INTERESTS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1 BELARUS: BACKGROUND AND U.S. POLICY CONCERNS; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION; Economic Situation; RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA; RELATIONS WITH NATO AND THE EUROPEAN UNION; U.S. POLICY; Congressional Action; End Notes; Chapter 2 BELARUS COUNTRY PROFILE; PROFILE; HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS; GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; Executive Branch; Legislative Branch; Limitations on Freedom; Freedom of Expression; Freedom of Assembly and Association. |
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Freedom of MovementLabor Rights; Freedom of Religion; ECONOMY; Environmental Issues; DEFENSE AND MILITARY ISSUES; FOREIGN RELATIONS; U.S.-BELARUS RELATIONS; U.S.-Belarusian Economic Relations; U.S. Assistance to Belarus; Chapter 3 THE ROLE OF SMALL STATES IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA: THE CASE OF BELARUS; FOREWORD; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; THE SMALL PLAYER AND THE COLD WAR; RUSSIAN DIRECTION: FROM "UNION STATE" TO CONFLICT; The Beginning of Medvedev's Term and Russian/ Belarusian "Cold War"; The Economic War: Oil/Gas and Trade as Weapons; Russia as an Organizer of an "Orange Revolution." |
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No Military Cooperation with RussiaBelarus and Georgia: The Way to Demonstrate the Feelings Toward Moscow; The Conflict between Lukashenko and Medvedev; WESTERN DIRECTION: THE FIRST STEPS; Lukashenko as an Ally of the West; Blessing from Washington; BALTIC RESPONSE; Alliance of Gas and Oil: The Lithuanian Case; The Latvian Direction; Estonian Connection; ASIAN DIRECTION; THE IRANIAN EQUATION; The Early Rapprochement; Upgrading the Relationship; The Arrival of Ahmadinejad; Building a New Relationship between Teheran and Minsk in the Late Putin Era; Iranian-Belarusian Military Engagement. |
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The Minsk/Teheran Relationship during the Medvedev/Putin EraOil/Gas Cooperation in the Medvedev Era; Iranian Nuclear Program/Defense and Belarus; Iranian Connections and Other Countries in the Region; CHINA DIRECTIONS; CONCLUSION; End Notes; INDEX; Blank Page. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Belarus -- Foreign relations -- 1991-
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. |
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Diplomatic relations |
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Belarus https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtH4qq4rVpMrjM6KWTfv3 |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1991 |
| Added Author |
Payne, Marcus.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gardner, Alexander T. Belarus: Developments, Relations and U.S. Interests. Hauppauge : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., ©2013 9781622573936 |
| ISBN |
9781622573943 |
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1622573943 |
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9781622573936 |
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1622573935 |
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