Archive for March, 2006
Bat’ka’s Future
By Sean at 31 March, 2006, 8:06 pm
Some interesting analysis of the Belarusian elections is now being done. I already pointed to Boris Kagarlitsky’s column. Now here is a discussion with Professors Robert H. Legvold (Political Science, Columbia University) and Lucan Way (Political Science, Temple University) on the Belarusian elections, Lukashenko’s support, and its possible future from Washington Profile. For [...]
Read More >>Discussing Russian Racism and Xenophobia
By Sean at 31 March, 2006, 8:03 am
I’m happy to see that a nice discussion has developed around my piece on racism and xenophobia in Russia on Publius Pundit. I urge readers to join in and give their thoughts. Also I want to give special thanks to Alexei from The Russian Dilettante for giving the discussion further context and some [...]
Read More >>Kagarlitsky on Belarus
By Sean at 30 March, 2006, 1:00 am
Boris Kagarlitsky’s analysis of the Belarusian elections is a breath of fresh air at a time when what exactly Belarus is has been so muddled by the ideological dueling between East and West. I encourage readers to check out his column “Nine Lives of the Belarusian Cat”. Here are some excerpts.
On why Lukashenko [...]
Publius Pundit
By Sean at 30 March, 2006, 12:38 am
My most recent contribution to Publius Pundit is now online: “Russian Racism, Xenophobia, and National Identity.”
Read More >>The Political Economy of Lukashenko
By Sean at 22 March, 2006, 6:38 pm
Though there are a few exceptions, reporting on the elections in Belarus have been awful. Granted, this is a statement that demands qualification. There has been a lot of articles on Belarus, the elections, Lukashenko’s authoritarian grip, the arrests, beatings, and general harassment of the Opposition, the closing of newspapers and independent media, [...]
Read More >>Belarus Ruse
By Sean at 20 March, 2006, 5:58 am
I don’t have time to provide up to the minute coverage of the Belarusian elections. There are many places you can go to get it and they all do a much better job than I can. Robert Mayer at Publius Pundit has updates as well as links to find blog updates. As [...]
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