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    <title>How Sanctions Deals With the Lukashenko Regime Are Changing U.S. Interests</title>
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    <dc:creator>Aleh Baradzin</dc:creator>
    <description>Prisoner-release deals have brought sanctions relief for Belarus. As American commercial interests expand, each agreement can change Washington’s incentives in the next negotiation.</description>
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    <content:encoded><![CDATA[New analysis on The Geopolitical Economist

How Sanctions Deals With the Lukashenko Regime Are Changing U.S. Interests

Aleh Baradzin examines how prisoner-release deals and potash sanctions relief are creating new U.S. economic interests in relations with Belarus.

Prisoner-release deals have brought sanctions relief for Belarus. As American commercial interests expand, each agreement can change Washington’s incentives in the next negotiation.

From the opening:
“In early 2025, Washington began restoring direct contact with Belarus’s authoritarian regime. The United States initially viewed Lukashenko as an additional channel to Putin in efforts to end the war in Ukraine.”

By Aleh Baradzin, Belarusian researcher

Read the full analysis: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/lukashenko-sanctions-deals-us-interests

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