Baltic and Nordic Responses to the 2020 Post-Election Crisis in Belarus

The policy brief takes on and compares the reactions of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden in light of the Belarus 2020 post-election crisis and assesses implications for the bilateral and multilateral cooperation of the Baltics and Nordics with Belarus.

Introduction

• Andris Sprūds, Director of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, Professor at the Riga Stradiņš University
• Stefan Eriksson, Director of the Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Latvia

Presentation of the policy brief outcomes

• Evija Djatkoviča, Researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and Riga Stradiņš University

Discussion between

• Franak Viačorka, Senior Advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
• Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, Jean Monnet Chair professor of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science (IIRPS), Vilnius University
• Andžejs Viļumsons, Director of the First Bilateral Relations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia
• Hans Wallmark, Swedish parliamentarian, former president of the Nordic Council (tbc)