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27/11/2017

Belarus and Russia Conflict: Gas and Oil as Geopolitical Weapons and the Nature of Present-Day Alliances (DIEEEO118-2017)

The emerging world order is often defined as “multi-polar.” This is rather an oversimplistic model. One of the elements of this new order is the absence of strong ties between allies. Moreover, some allies actually interact with each other on the basic “friend-foe” paradigm, in which the alliance could be combined with hostility. Moreover, conflicts between allies are not excluded. Russia’s relationship with Belarus is an example of such relations.

Author:  Dimitry Shlapentokh.