European Union Policy towards the Republic of Belarus: Analysis of Political Course Changes (1992 - 2017)

Student: Shcharbakova Tatsiana

Supervisor: Irina Busygina

Faculty: Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences

Educational Programme: Political Science (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2018

This paper presents an analysis of the relations of the European Union towards the Republic of Belarus in the period of 1992 to 2017. As a hypothesis, there is a thesis is of the influence of the "Russian factor" on the changing political course of the European Union vis-à-vis the Republic of Belarus. An analysis of the dynamics of relations takes place within the framework of the theory of nested games on multiple arenas by J. Tsebelis. As the first game arena, there are relations of the European Union with Belarus, as the second game - relations of EU with Russia. By analyzing the rationality of changes in the institutional environment in relations between countries, both arenas confirm the hypothesis of Russia's influence on the relations of the European Union with the Republic of Belarus.

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