Belarusian Blues: How a Mustachioed Strongman Became the World’s Favorite Geopolitical Punch Line
Minsk, Belarus – Somewhere between the last Ryanair flight that was politely hijacked and the next Olympic athlete who suddenly discovers an urgent desire to defect, the word “Belarusian” has become a kind of geopolitical punch line. To the west, it’s shorthand for “Europe’s last dictatorship.” To the east, it’s a convenient buffer zone with…