In his interview to Euroradio, the charge d’affaires of the European Union’s delegation in Belarus, Richard Rudolph, underlined the gradual improvement in the relationship between the EU and Belarus. But he also made the following observation regarding Belarus’s willingness to have good relations with both the East and the West: “It is good to be at a crossroads,” said Rudolph, “but sometimes it is uncomfortable to sit on the splits for too long” (Euroradio, May 28). Arguably, at least one of the critical reasons for the current crisis in Ukraine—a country that shares the same geopolitical niche with Belarus (i.e., …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation
