Belarus in the region of the Eastern Partnership countries (1992-2012)

Political Sphere Institute of Political Studies, supported by Centre for European Transformation, conducted a study of relations between Belarus and the countries of Eastern Partnership in 1992-2012.

In 2008, within the framework of the Eastern dimension of the European Neighborhood Policy, the European Union initiated the launch of a program of rapprochement and profound cooperation with six post-Soviet countries — “new eastern neighbors” — Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. In May 2009, these countries accepted the EU proposal to become participants of an initiative which received the name Eastern Partnership. In addition to the development of mutual relations between the EU and each partner country, this initiative also presupposed the development of multilateral relations between all participants of the Eastern Partnership. In order to determine the place and role of Belarus in mutual relations (first of all, at political and economic levels) with the countries which now are part of the Eastern Partnership region, to describe the way these mutual relations have been developing during two decades (1992-2012), and to reveal the potential of further regional cooperation, in 2013 the Political Sphere Institute of Political Studies carried out a research with results are presented here.

Research collective: Andrei Kazakevich (the head of the research; methodology, integration and final data processing, basic interpretations); Andrei Valodzkin (gathering and analysis of data on Belarus’ relations with Azerbaijan and Moldova); Aliaksandr Filipau (gathering and analysis of data on Belarus’ relations with Armenia, Georgia, and Ukraine).

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