• Editorial Foreword Valeria Kostyugova, Anatoly Pankovsky

State authorities

• The Administration of the President: Between Scylla of the socially oriented economy and Charybdis of the “wild” oligarchy Nikolai Burov
• The Government That Has No Fear Ina Ramasheuskaya
• Security Agencies: The rise of new elites Alexey Medvetsky
• Armed Forces: Degradation of the defense potential Andrei Porotnikov
• Parliament: Constancy with minimal changes Andrei Kazakevich
• Local Authorities: Stability and controllability Dzmitry Kukhlei
• Parliamentary Elections of 2012: A show in keeping with the worst traditions Andrei Yahorau

Foreign policy

• Russia – Belarus: Eurasian waltz Kirill Koktysh
• At a Deadlock: Development of relations between Belarus and the European Union Dzianis Melyantsou
• Belarus – USA: Stepping off the freezing point? Andrei Fyodarau
• Polish-Belarusian Relations: Year of stagnation in hostile atmosphere Kamil Klysinski
• Belarus – Ukraine: Between the Customs Union and the European Union Gennady Maksak
• Belarus and Developing Countries: Faulty single-commodity export orientation Andrei Yeliseyeu

Society

• Pro-Government NGOs: Everyone chooses his own service Dzmitry Brukhavetski
• Third Sector: Solidarity and competition Irina Dounaeva
• Political Parties: Between a boycott and parliamentary election campaigning Yury Chavusau
• Media: Conservative reform/migration Arkadz Nesciarenka
• Internet Development and Usage Mikhail Doroshevich, Marina Sokolova
• Contradicting Ideas for Education Policy Vladimir Dounaev
• The Swing Principle in Science and Innovations: Between radical modernisation and maintaining the status quo Andrei Laurukhin
• Churches and the State: Ten years after the law On religion Natallia Vasilevich
• Health Care: End of the welfare state Andrej Vitushka
• Post-National Culture: Life in defiance of concepts Maksim Zhbankou
• Sports: Olympic failure and overall regression Barys Tasman
• Public Opinion: Back to what it used to be, or a bifurcation point? Yury Drakakhrust
• The Most Momentous Events of 2012 through the Prism of Public Opinion Nadezhda Yefimova

Economy

• Macroeconomic Situation: Back to the old economic policy Dzmitry Kruk
• Currency Market and Banking System: Early recovery or short-term break? Alexandr Mukha
• Labor Market and Social Policy: Peak of political business cycle and “modernization” Kiryl Haiduk
• Energy Sector: The heyday before the sale Tatsiana Manionak
• Foreign Investments: Focusing on loans Maria Akulova
• Agriculture: First growth, then money Konstantin Skuratovich