• Editorial Foreword Valeria Kostyugova, Anatoly Pankovsky

State authorities

• Presidential Administration: Guarding the bankrupt ‘Belarusian way’ Nikolai Burov
• The Kobyakov Cabinet: Circular firing squad Ina Ramasheuskaya
• National defense in the context of regional threats Andrei Porotnikov
• Representative bodies: The parliament of foreign affairs and Myasnikovich’s senate Dzmitry Kukhlei
• Transparency of general jurisdiction courts: Not always, not for everyone Oleg Fedotov
• Government Non-Governmental Organizations: A ‘dirty job’ goes to those who failed Dmitry Bruchovetsky

Foreign policy

• Belarus and Russia: From brotherhood to alliance Anatoly Pankovski
• Belarus – European Union: ‘Détente’ 2.0 Dzianis Melyantsou
• Belarusian-American relations: Changes are positive, prospects are vague Andrei Fyodarau
• Poland and Belarus: Cooperation of regions as the engine of bilateral relations Anna Maria Dyner
• Belarus – Ukraine: Partnership beyond unions Oleg Bogutsky
• Belarus and developing countries: South Asia in priority Andrei Yeliseyeu

Society

• Civil society: New geopolitical realities and challenges of financial stability Yuri Chausov
• Opposition parties and the presidential election: Self-withdrawal from the legal political process Valeria Kostyugova
• The Election and the Crisis as Determinants of Mass Media Functioning Alena Artsiomenko
• WWW: The limits of developing extensive infrastructure Mikhail Doroshevich, Marina Sokolova
• Education: Between reforms and nostalgia for the ‘golden age’ Vladimir Dоunaev
• Science and innovation in times of crisis: To be or not to be? Andrei Laurukhin
• Religious sphere: Prayer for Belarus, prayer for Lukashenko? Natallia Vasilevich
• Public Health: Consolidation and persistence Andrey Vitushka
• From a Nobel to GaraSH: self-constructing, independent culture Maxim Zhbankov
• Sports during a crisis Barys Tasman
• Public Opinion: Under the sign of events in Ukraine Yuri Drakokhrust
• Adaptation without borders. Full-year 2015 results Andrei Vardomatski

Economy

• Macroeconomic Situation: Diving into a long recession Dzmitry Kruk
• Money Market: Under pressure of the oil factor and debt burden Alexander Mukha
• Labor Market and Social Security: Who bears the burden of the economic downturn? Uladzimir Valetka
• Energy Sector: Energy rent plummets Aliaksandr Autushka-Sikorski
• Foreign Investment: Only loans remain Maria Akulova
• Real Economy: A period of losses and expectations Vadim Sekhovich