At the end of April, Belarus updated its Military Doctrine and its National Security Concept to respond to urgent security threats, regional volatility and its neighbors’ military buildups. The Kremlin hailed the documents as marking the end of Minsk’s traditional balancing strategy in favor of full alignment with Moscow. Though there is truth to this […]
New Strategic Documents Preserve Belarus’ Options
The country’s shift away from balancing and toward Russia is pragmatic and temporary.




