Belarus hasn’t been on anyone’s agenda recently, but Lukashenka’s regime presents growing security challenges for the EU: from aiding Russia’s war in Ukraine to instigating the border crisis. In this brief, @ditrych.bsky.social highlights how EU should recalibrate its policies towards Belarus ⤵️

Political repression, arrests and prosecution of academic staff & students, state control of education institutions, and increased level of ideological indoctrination and militarisation in education are key aspects that explain a significant decline in the indexes of academic freedom during 2020-24

In 2024, I marked my 4th year not being able to return to #Belarus or conduct fieldwork in the country which has been often researched through secondary sources. With the support of the Science at Risk Emergency Office, two of my colleagues and I discuss deteriorating academic freedom in Belarus ⬇️