The issue is dedicated to the understanding of specificity, preconditions and perspectives of the Belarusian civil protest in 2020-2021 against the authoritarian regime. The issue includes research articles by the following authors: Mikhail Minakov (USA, Kennan Institute / Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars), Elena Gapova (USA, Western Michigan University), Ryhor Miniankou (Belarus/Lithuania, EHU), Tatiana Shchyttsova (Belarus/Lithuania, EHU), Uladislaū Ivanoū (Belarus/Lithuania, EHU), Andrey Vozyanov (Belarus/Lithuania, EHU), Aleksandr Sarna (Belarus, BSU).
A separate rubric was outlined for a questionnaire of the editorial team about the protest movement in Belarus, addressed to foreign scholars such as: David R. Marples (USA, University of Alberta), Alexander Filippov (Russia, HSE University), Tora Lane (Sweden, Södertörn University), Vladimir Gel’man (Finland, European University in Saint Petersburg / University of Helsinki), Gintautas Mažeikis (Lithuania, Vytautas Magnus University), Helen Petrovsky (Russia, Russian Academy of Science), Marta Jaroszewicz (Poland, University of Warsaw), Alexei Penzin (Russia, Russian Academy of Science).
The issue also provides an excerpt from the book of the Belarusian philosopher Vladimir Matskevich “Responsing for Yourself. Notes of a Harmful Philosopher”. At the end of the issue, there are two reviews: Vera Dedok is investigating the publications on women’s protest in Belarus, and Victoryia Sliaptsova is offering a review of the book “Belarus: The Last European Dictatorship” by Andrew Wilson.
The issue is available via the link.