The US and Europe are diverging on how to deal with Belarus — and that could benefit Putin’s loyal ally (theconversation.com)
from tonytins@pawb.social to world@lemmy.world on 07 Jun 16:09
https://pawb.social/post/45384248

When it comes to relations with Belarus, the Trump administration has been pursuing a dual approach of late.

In May 2026, President Donald Trump renewed the U.S. national emergency on Belarus, noting that the government of longtime Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko still posed an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to U.S. security and foreign policy.

The emergency, which in practice underpins the legal basis for targeted U.S. sanctions on the former Soviet republic, has been in force since June 2006, when President George W. Bush imposed it after a Belarusian election widely seen as undemocratic.

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