Belarus: Europe’s Unwilling Geopolitical Mood Ring and Dictator’s Discount Airbnb
Minsk, Belarus – The only European capital where arriving diplomats still keep their luggage on the seat beside them, just in case the plane has to turn around mid-tarmac. That small, paranoid courtesy tells you everything about how Belarus—population smaller than greater Los Angeles, GDP smaller than Delaware’s rainy-day fund—manages to punch so far above…