CER podcast: Belarus may be less stable than it appears
Centre for European Reform podcast
Centre for European Reform
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🗓️ 17 July 2020
⏱️ 23 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From the Centre for European Reform, this is the CER podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | It is a critical moment. |
| 0:08.0 | If we do not act with urgency, we would then severely undermine the liberal order. |
| 0:16.0 | Brexit means Brexit, and we're going to make a success of it. |
| 0:23.8 | The wind is back in Europe's sales. |
| 0:27.2 | We have now a window of opportunity, but it will not stay open forever. |
| 0:33.5 | Welcome to this podcast edition. |
| 0:35.8 | My name is Christina Perendi. |
| 0:37.3 | I'm a former Sierra Clara O'Donnell Fellow. |
| 0:40.1 | And this week, we are discussing the situation in Belarus with Charles Grant, director of the CR. |
| 0:45.5 | Hi, Charles. |
| 0:46.6 | Hi, Christina. Nice to be with you again. |
| 0:49.1 | Nice to be with you. Charles, your recent insight is about the developments in Belarus, |
| 1:01.5 | ahead of the presidential elections in the country, which are planned for the 9th of August. Basically, this is less than a month from now. |
| 1:10.3 | Perhaps we could start our discussion if you could provide the outline to our listeners on what has been happening in Belarus over the past month. |
| 1:13.7 | And why is this the country to watch this summer? |
| 1:16.6 | Very nice to be with you again, Christina. |
| 1:20.4 | I should say that although neither you nor I is Belarus, |
| 1:24.0 | we both have connections to Belarus through family and close friends. |
| 1:25.6 | We both have a strong interest in the country. |
| 1:32.8 | And we both written, see our insights on the country year, you and in February and myself in June. I think Benarruz is a country I've known for a while and always seem to be stuck in a rut. The same man |
| 1:38.1 | has been president since 1994. Every five years there'd be an election. Every five years he'd win |
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