Interview with Yuri Shevtsov about Reforms in Belarus

Interview with famous political scientist, director of Center on Problems of European Integration on curent political and economic liberalization in Belarus.читать дальше »

Be the Change You Want to See in the World training platform

Be the Change You Want to See in the World - is a training platform for promoting active participation of young people in the development of democratic and pluralistic civil societies. Do you want to make a difference? Do you want to motivate others and create you own social projects? 7 days of inspiring human rights training & project management with one year of optional mentoring afterwards.читать дальше »

Belarus: economic outcomes of the year

2009 was a landmark year for Belarus in many ways. A common citizen (a reading and hearing one, at least) has habituated herself to such words as reforms, liberalization, privatization, IMF, international cooperation, Eastern Partnership, and so on.читать дальше »

Belarusian Privatization: Opportunities Missed

Belarus needs green field privatization i.e. foreign direct investments, which our government have long been craving for. I say “direct”, because portfolio investments will not bring foreign currency to our country in the long term. In order to attract FDI we need a favorable business climate, when many rating agencies will agree in their estimates of our country, and when similar estimates will be given by local and international consultants who know the situation in the country firsthand. In order to attract FDI the Balkan countries had carried out a real liberalization of their business environments (from opening a business and developing it to its closure).читать дальше »

On Freedom à la Russe

A lot has been said about a unique Russian way toward democracy and freedom. Those who use such rhetoric, if only they do not use it only to suppress freedom, should look for ways to conduct liberal reforms and re-think the role of state in relevant Russian national traditions. These traditions, these national traits existed long before and still preserve their meaning.читать дальше »

Belarus Is a Western Country

Relations with one country should not be built at the expense of relations with another one. Nevertheless, in the current context of globalizing world isolation of a country inevitably leads to its degradationчитать дальше »

Belarus: there’s no way without Russia?

Geographic position of Belarus will always provoke politicians to make tough geopolitical choices. Of course, the ideal option is to “run with the hare and hunt with the hounds”, however, it is hardly viable in the long run.читать дальше »

Liberalism: life after the crisis

Among the guests of the congress was also the leader of the liberal community “The Third Way” and the network “Belarusian reformists” Pavel Marozau, who expressed his hope for choosing the liberal and pragmatic orientation by the government of Belarus. “It is certainly too naive to think that we shall eliminate all the problems in this way. But international experience shows that free market and human rights respect – is the only possible way for European civilized state development.”читать дальше »

Belarusian Cartoons at Cairo Human Rights Film Fest

Pavel Yahoravich Marozau is a Belarusian activist that has been involved in the politics and diaspora community for the last 5 years. He created a cartoon called “Lukashenko”, named after the current president of Belarus, that details the politic workings of his home country and the government’s infringements on their citizens’ human rights. The short cartoons, each is around a minute long, are available on Youtube and several will be screened at this year’s Cairo Human Rights Film Festival that opens December 20.читать дальше »

Pursuing Democracy in Belarus Through Satiric Media: Samizdat for the Modern Era

In Belarus, where censorship is pervasive and President Lukashenko presides over an autocratic regime, humor and satire are key ways for citizens to express dissent and discontent with the government. In a 23 November 2009 lecture at the Kennan Institute, Pavel Marozau, Chair, Congress of the New Belarusian Diaspora of Europe and the United States, discussed his own activities as the Founder of The Third Way Expatriates’ Network and the power of satire and new technology to challenge the established order.читать дальше »