This publication is an annual integral analysis of the essential spheres of the state and society.
State authority
Ina Ramasheuskaya
The Government That Has No Fear
Alexey Medvetsky
Security Agencies: The rise of new elites
Andrei Porotnikov
Armed Forces: Degradation of the defense potential
Andrei Kazakevich
Parliament: Constancy with minimal changes
Dzmitry Kukhlei
Local Authorities: Stability and controllability
Andrei Yahorau
Parliamentary Elections of 2012: A show in keeping with the worst traditions
Foreign policy
Kirill Koktysh
Russia — Belarus: Eurasian waltz
Dzianis Melyantsou
At a Deadlock: Development of relations between Belarus and the European Union
Andrei Fyodarau
Belarus — USA: Stepping off the freezing point?
Kamil Klysinki
Polish-Belarusian Relations: Year of stagnation in hostile atmosphere
Gennady Maksak
Belarus — Ukraine: Between the Customs Union and the European Union
Andrei Yeliseyeu
Belarus and Developing Countries: Faulty single-commodity export orientation
Society
Dzmitry Brukhavetski
Pro-Government NGOs: Everyone chooses his own service
Irina Dounaeva
Third Sector: Solidarity and competition
Yury Chavusau
Political Parties: Between a boycott and parliamentary election campaigning
Arkadz Nesciarenka
Media: Conservative reform/migration
Mikhail Doroshevich, Marina Sokolova
Internet Development and Usage
Vladimir Dounaev
Contradicting Ideas for Education Policy
Andrei Laurukhin
The Swing Principle in Science and Innovations: Between radical modernisation and maintaining the status quo
Natallia Vasilevich
Churches and the State: Ten years after the law On religion
Andrej Vitushka
Health Care: End of the welfare state
Maksim Zhbankou
Post-National Culture: Life in defiance of concepts
Barys Tasman
Sports: Olympic failure and overall regression
Yury Drakakhrust
Public Opinion: Back to what it used to be, or a bifurcation point?
Nadezhda Yefimova
The Most Momentous Events of 2012 through the Prism of Public Opinion
Economy
Dzmitry Kruk
Macroeconomic Situation: Back to the old economic policy
Alexandr Mukha
Currency Market and Banking System: Early recovery or short-term break?
Kiryl Haiduk
Labor Market and Social Policy: Peak of political business cycle and «modernization»
Tatsiana Manionak
Energy Sector: The heyday before the sale
Maria Akulova
Foreign Investments: Focusing on loans
Konstantin Skuratovich
Agriculture: First growth, then money