Belarus Research Program
The Eastern European Studies Centre presents the Belarusian research program established in 2021
The Belarusian Research Program of the Center for Eastern European Studies, established in the beginning of 2021, analyzes the political, economic and socio-cultural processes related to Belarus and its foreign policy. The publications and events aim to deepen the understanding of Belarus strategic and geopolitical goals, their impact on Europe, as well as Lithuania’s strategic goals.
The research program is coordinated by analysts and associate experts of the Eastern European Studies Centre.
Publications of the Belarusian research program:
Laurynas Jonavičius, Quarterly analytic review
Laurynas Jonavičius, Quarterly analytic review
- Tightening and Development of Sanctions Against the Belarusian Regime: Arguments “for” and “against”
Laurynas Jonavičius, Analytical publication
Laurynas Jonavičius, Quarterly analytic review
Austėja Makarevičiūtė, Adam Roževič, Analytical publication
Tomas Janeliūnas, Analytical publication
Analytical publication
Associate experts:

Maksimas Milta
A ReThink. CEE Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and a former Head of Communications and Development at the European Humanities University. His comments on Belarus affairs regularly appeared in the Baltic, Dutch, German public broadcasters’, Le Figaro, Times Higher Education, BBC World News, and The New York Times reports and articles. Recognizing his on-the-ground analysis during the 2020 Belarus Presidential elections, Maksimas became the laureate of the annual Titan award by the editorial team of Delfi. Maksimas holds a master’s degree in political sciences from Vilnius University. Currently, he is a graduate student in European & Russian Studies at Yale.

Laurynas Jonavičius
Has been lecturing at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science in Vilnius University since 2009, and in 2010 he obtained here a Doctor’s degree in social sciences. Laurynas Jonavičius also worked as a foreign policy adviser in the Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania in 2009-2014 and assisted the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) as an associate researcher in 2016-2019.