Relations between NATO and Belarus in 1992-2009

On April 14, at 18:00, the next meeting of the regular research seminar of the Political Sphere Institute will take place in the CSI courtyard.
Topic of the presentation: Relations between NATO and Belarus in 1992-2009.

Speaker: Dzianis Meliantsou (/author/yagorau/)
All interested persons are invited.

For additional information about the venue, please contact [email protected] (../2009/12/16-snezhnya-2009-krytyka-belaruskaj-palitychnaj-analityki-ch-2/[email protected])
Presentation outline:
1.

General characteristics of NATO-Belarus relations.
2.

Chronology of relations and characterization of the stages:
1992-1999 – the initial stage, institutionalization of relations,
1999-2004 – the “adaptation period”,
2004-2009 – deepening of relations.
3.

Institutional and legal framework of relations.
4.

Areas of cooperation, joint projects.
5.

NATO as the ideal “Other”, formation of the image of the enemy.
6.

Russian-Belarusian relations and their influence on Belarus’s relations with NATO.
7.

CSTO and NATO, competition for influence in the post-Soviet space.
8.

The problem of NATO’s influence on Belarus’s security system.
9.

Operational compatibility of Belarus and NATO, the possibility of participation in peacekeeping operations.
10.

Prospects for Belarus’s membership in NATO.