The Eastern Europe Studies Centre (EESC) is once again organising the annual project Vilnius Young Leaders Meeting (VYLM), which has earned international recognition. This year, we are changing its format and inviting citizens from Eastern Partnership countries living...
A virtual presentation of the study “Hopes, Fears and Conspiracies in the Baltic Societies”
The Eastern Europe Studies Centre on September 24 hosted an online discussion "Hopes, Fears and Conspiracies in the Baltic Societies" , featuring participants from think tanks around the Baltic States. The discussion revolved around the state of democracy,...
Konstantin Eggert: Putin Can Live Without Lukashenko – But He’d Rather Not
The moment when Alexander Lukashenko told visiting Russian PM Mikhail Mishustin that Belarussian intelligence allegedly intercepted a phone conversation between Warsaw and Berlin that (supposedly) proves the poisoning of Alexei Navalny to be a put-up job[1] became the...
Analytical publication “Protests in Belarus: Geopolitical Considerations and the Future of Lukashenko”
We invite you to read the latest publication at the Foreign Policy Research Institute of Linas Kojala, Director of the Eastern Europe Studies Centre. The article discusses the strategies of authoritarian regime survival, explains why history shows that personalist...