Scope: This assessment examines Belarus as a European security, sanctions, sovereignty, human-rights and geopolitical problem through 14 September 2026, with particular attention to Belarus–Russia integration, the emerging divergence between United States and European policy, the Polish-Belarusian frontier, the political-prisoner question, and the implications for the European Union, Poland, Italy, France, Germany and the United Kingdom … Leggi tutto Belarus between Russia and the West: Europe’s shrinking room for strategic influence