{"id":4371,"date":"2022-01-01T14:30:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T14:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/?p=4371"},"modified":"2022-02-01T14:32:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:32:43","slug":"ost-research-centre-oxford-belarus-observatory-obo-and-gcrf-compass-project-online-discussions-for-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/2022\/01\/01\/ost-research-centre-oxford-belarus-observatory-obo-and-gcrf-compass-project-online-discussions-for-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"OST Research Centre, Oxford Belarus Observatory (OBO) and GCRF COMPASS project online discussions for 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under the aegis of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.web.ox.ac.uk\/\">Oxford Belarus Observatory<\/a>\u00a0(OBO) OSGA, conjointly with the Research Centre of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tsikhanouskaya.org\/en\/\">Office of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskay<\/a>a (OST), and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/gcrf-compass\">GCRF COMPASS project<\/a>, announce a series of expert online discussions in 2022 The Research Centre of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Office (OST Research Centre) and the Oxford Belarus Observatory (OBO), from the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, with the support of the GCRF COMPASS project, announce a series of jointly convened expert Virtual webinars which will be conducted weekly from January \u2013 March 2022, 15.00 (UK time) \/ 17.00 (Vilnius time).<\/p>\n<p>The events, with participation of international and Belarusian experts, academicians and politicians, address questions relating to the most important contemporary themes in the politics, economy and society of Belarus and provide crucial updates on current political developments in the country and its neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule, is as follows (though may be adapted to enable our response to rapidly evolving events and circumstances in the region): Moderators: Prof. Chris Gerry &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/517\/korosteleva-elena\">Prof. Elena Korosteleva. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>January 20, 2022.<\/strong> Protests in Kazakhstan and the involvement of the CSTO: security implications for Belarus and the wider neighbourhood. <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_hEaLkSr9RH6V-kIhKi6wyw\">Link<\/a> for registration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 27, 2022<\/strong>. Belarus\u2019 integration with Russia: assessing the challenges for the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_0giC7P_BS7KynPvZyRgHNA\">Link<\/a> for registration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 3, 2022<\/strong>. Sanctions for and Counter-sanctions by Belarus: what is the game-changer? <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_dsRL6gJGSTekzETdJ_agQQ\">Link<\/a> for registration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 10, 2022<\/strong>. Olaf Scholz replaces Angela Merkel: what does this mean for the Kremlin and official Minsk? <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_i4wTPIgYQUGuN-WlLw8LvQ\">Link<\/a> for registration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 17, 2022<\/strong>. What policy reforms are needed for \u2018New Belarus\u2019? <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_E7use8HfTtGDZMPDCza9FA\">Link<\/a> for registration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 24, 2022<\/strong>. Referendum in Belarus: what does it mean for Democratic Forces and Government? <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_2vpWQe7YSO-EOnsPCKaX_w\">Link<\/a> for registration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 3, 2022.<\/strong> What awaits Belarus in a year?: analysis of the current situation and scenarios of possible developments in Belarus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_JYzs8nffR3yPnh_Ni5QZtA\">Link<\/a> for registration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 10, 2022<\/strong>. Education in Belarus: current challenges and the possible solutions. <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_dM5uEMRLSxiEcQzlB1fYpw\">Link<\/a> for registration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the aegis of the\u00a0Oxford Belarus Observatory\u00a0(OBO) OSGA, conjointly with the Research Centre of the\u00a0Office of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (OST), and the\u00a0GCRF COMPASS project, announce a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/2022\/01\/01\/ost-research-centre-oxford-belarus-observatory-obo-and-gcrf-compass-project-online-discussions-for-2022\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66395,"featured_media":4373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4371"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4371"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4375,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4371\/revisions\/4375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}