Belarus: Achievements and Dilemmas of Multi-Vector Policy and Economic Diplomacy
https://doi.org/10.24833/2949-639X-2024-4-10-46-61
Abstract
The article analyses the role and importance of multi-vector approach in the development and implementation of the foreign policy of the Republic of Belarus. From the methodological point of view, the main attention is paid to the relationship between politics and economics in the state course of the country in the international arena, as well as economic aspects of ensuring the national interests of Belarus. The author used the methods of periodisation and comparative historical analysis of the stages of Belarus’ foreign policy. Using the method of content analysis, the fundamental reports of President A.Lukashenko and his views on foreign policy and foreign economic activity were studied. The main stages of the country’s foreign policy over 33 years of independent existence (since 1991) are characterised. The features of each of the foreign policy stages, including the parliamentary republic and presidential rule, are revealed, and the evolution of the country’s foreign policy priorities is shown. The characteristic features and essential characteristics of the third (2014-2020) and fourth (from August 2020 to the present) stages of Belarus’s foreign policy, as well as the features of its economic diplomacy, primarily in relations with Russia, are revealed. Based on official positions, national interests, and foreign policy discourse conditioned by political realism, the author considers it necessary for Belarus to return to a multi-vector policy.
About the Author
V. E. Snapkovsky
Belarusian State University
Belarus
Belarus
V.E. Snapkovsky
Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Professor at the Department of International Relations
Minsk
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Snapkovsky V.E. Belarus: Achievements and Dilemmas of Multi-Vector Policy and Economic Diplomacy. International Business. 2024;(4 (10)):46-61. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24833/2949-639X-2024-4-10-46-61
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