World Review from the New Statesman

What can be done to challenge Lukashenko's regime in Belarus?

Emily Tamkin in Washington DC and Ido Vock in Berlin are joined by Belarusian journalist Tadeusz Giczan to discuss the situation in Belarus after the <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/sport/2021/08/how-belarus-s-authoritarian-creep-reached-olympics" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">athlete Krystina Timanovskaya</a> evaded an apparant kidnap attempt by the regime after criticising her olympic commitee after a muxup during the Tokyo 2020 olympics. As she arrives in Poland on a humanitarian visa, they discuss what western governments could do to put pressure on the regime. Then they answer a listener's question on what can be done to about Belarus <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/2021/07/belarus-using-migrants-wage-hybrid-warfare-eu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">escorting Iraqi migrants</a> into the EU. If you have a question for You Ask Us, email <a href="mailto:podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk </a> Read more: <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/world/north-america/2021/07/us-withdrawal-afghanistan-advancing-quickly-so-taliban" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The US withdrawal from Afghanistan is advancing quickly – but so is the Taliban</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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