Preempting Democracy: The Case of Belarus

Issue Date October 2005
Volume 16
Issue 4
Page Numbers 83-97
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Having drawn lessons from the downfall of some of his fellow autocrats, President Alyaksandr Lukashenka is preventing the emergence of an effective democratic movement in Belarus.

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