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Short study of Belarusian sanctions for EUISS

"Good cop or bad cop? Sanctioning Belarus." Short study by Ondřej Ditrych.

Sanctions seem to have become one of the EU's weapons of choice to effect change beyond its borders and the case of Belarus testifies in particular to the Union's ambition to conduct coercive diplomacy. Yet, despite the various steps taken by the EU over the past years, little lasting success has been achieved so far in enforcing meaningful change in Europe's 'last dictatorship'.

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