Russia Threatens to Turn Belarus Unrest into Major International Crisis
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Belarus has been in a state of civil unrest for several weeks. The situation has become steadily more complicated, evolving from a relatively straightforward domestic dispute between a strongman president and his disgruntled citizens into an international debacle that involves Russia, Poland, Lithuania, NATO, and the EU. In this episode of Overwatch, ISW’s Mason Clark and George Barros draw on their daily coverage of Belarus to unpack what the situation there means for US national security. 
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