Belarus' Foreign Policy in a time of crisis

As with the rest of the world, Belarus has been affected by the global economic crisis.

political in nature. Although closely connected with Russia, it was not the spillover

economic growth to almost nothing in one year, that hit Belarus hard. Instead, it was

facilitate compliance of and interdependence with its neighbours, which dramatically

global crisis for Belarus therefore included the new and irreversible search (successful

sovereignty with which Belarus now attempts to rebuild itself domestically and

internationally.