Authors

Valeria Kostyugova

In 2021 was arrested and considered as a political prisoner. She was sentenced to 10 years for political analytics deemed a conspiracy with the aim of seizing power through unconstitutional means.

Political analyst. Coordinator of the Belarusian expert network “Our opinion”, editor and compiler of the Belarusian Yearbook (2008 — 2021).

Research interests: Belarus-Russia relations, political and socioeconomic development of the post-Soviet countries.

Vadim Mojeiko

PhD in Culturology, editor and compiler of the Belarusian Yearbook. Coordinator of the Belarusian expert network “Our opinion”, ambassador of the Press Club Belarus community, political consultant.

Research interests: political transformations, civil society, information security, countering propaganda and disinformation, soft power, political communications in new media, national identity.

Nikolai Burov

MA in Political Science. Former civil servant and executive officer of state organizations in Belarus.

Research interests: political transformations in the post-Soviet countries.

Polina Makarova

MA in Public Administration.

Research interests: public administration reforms, assessment of the effectiveness of public institutions, human resource management in public service.

Alena Kudzko

MA in International Relations and European Studies (Central European University, Hungary/Austria). Vice President for Policy and Programming at GLOBSEC international analytical center (Slovakia).

Research interests: reform of European security institutions, European and transatlantic relations, migration.

Tatsiana Chulitskaya

PhD in Social Sciences, expert of Belarusian Institute for Public Administration Reform and Transformation (BIPART). Researcher at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK) and Vilnius University (Lithuania). 

Research interests: analysis of public policy, public administration, civil society.

Yanov Polessky

PhD in Philosophy, independent expert. Moderator of “Our opinion”, editor and compiler of the Belarusian Yearbook.

Research interests: history of political ideas, political communication and propaganda, political transformations in post-Soviet countries, international relations.

Anton Penkovski

Expert in strategic communications, culturology, and U. S. affairs. Officer of the Public Diplomacy Division of the U. S. Embassy in Belarus in 2014–2021.

Research interests: international relations, international security, U. S. – Belarus bilateral relations, U. S. regional policy towards Eastern Europe and Russia, cultural anthropology, countering propaganda and disinformation.

Arseny Sivitsky

MA in Philosophy, Director of the Center for Strategic and Foreign Policy Studies.

Research interests: international relations, security, situational and strategic analysis of international processes.

Anna Dyner

Political analyst, head of Eastern Europe Programme of the Institute of International Affairs (Warsaw, Poland). Research interests: international relations, Eastern European policy (Belarus, Russia).

Yevhen Mahda

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor in National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" (NTUU KPI, Ukraine), expert in iSANS.

Research interests: issues of hybrid aggression and contemporary security challenges, Ukraine's relations with its neighbors."

Roza Turarbekava

PhD in History, analyst of the Belarusian expert network “Our opinion”. Former Associate Professor at BSU Faculty of International Relations, Researcher at the Center for Eastern European Studies at Justus Liebig University (Germany), Invited Professor at L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (Kazakhstan), Deputy Dean at the University 'Kaynar' (Kazakhstan).

Research interests: Middle East and Central Asia foreign policy, regional security system creation in Central Asia, conflict studies, and negotiation theory."

Anais Marin

PhD, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Chatham House Associate Fellow.

Research interests: human rights, international law, the impact of Russian sharp power on European democracy and regional security.

Zmicier Kuchliej

MA in Political Science and International Economics, analyst of the Belarusian expert network “Our opinion”. Graduate of the Bialystok School of Public Administration (Bialystok, 2006) and the East European School of Political Studies of the Council of Europe (Strasbourg, 2009).

Research interests: political institutions, local and representative authorities, regional policy.

Media IQ

Project Press Club Belarus about the critical thinking development in the digital era at the world of fake news. Media IQ conducts media monitoring and media literacy school for high school students, while also promoting a culture of mindful engagement with information in the media

Siarhei Alsheuski

Researcher in the field of pedagogical sciences, math and computer science instructor. From 2013 to 2015 worked at the Ministry of Education and its republican structures. Research interests: information technologies in education and educational management.

Alexander Shramko

Orthodox priest, Member of the Coordination Council, representative of the “Christian Vision” team.

Research interests: Christian denominations, Church and society, human rights, everyday life of the Church.

Maxim Zhbankov

PhD in Philosophy, expert in culturology, journalist, film analyst, Head of the analytics team at the Belarusian Council for Culture (BCC). Author of “No Style. Belarusian Culture between Woodstock and Dažynki” book.

Research interests: transformation of post-Soviet culture, cinema, industry of culture.

Natallia Rabava

Sociologist, philosopher, MA in Business Administration, head of the School of Young Managers in Public Administration (SYMPA).

Research interests: public administration, e-government, social psychology.

Henadz Korshunau

PhD in Sociology, senior analyst for the Center for New Ideas, former director of the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

Research interests: methodological aspects of studying the structure and dynamics of mass consciousness, the influence of social mythology on public processes, theory and practice of forecasting of social systems development, media space sociology.

Dzmitry Kruk

MA in Economics, senior researcher at the Belarusian Economic Research and Outreach Centre (BEROC). Research interests: economic growth, monetary policy, financial and credit systems, development in countries with transitional economies.

Project Kosht Urada

A project that helps you understand where the money comes from and how it is spent in the budget of Belarus, and what services you receive by contributing to the common pool.

Nikolai Suboshich

MA in Economics, independent economical expert.

Research interests: Исследовательские интересы: entrepreneurship development in Belarus in the 19th–20th centuries, private business, investments, real sector.

Alexander Avtushko-Sikorski

MA in Political Science (EHU, Lithuania; CEU, Hungary).

In 2011-2017 analyst for the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies (Lithuania).

Research interests: democratization of autocratic regimes, political economy of oil and gas, political economy of autocratic regimes, institutional transformations, economic regulation systems.