Andrei Kuntsevich
Director of the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Research (BISR).
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Kuntsevich Andrei Mikhailovich.
2002 г. – Belarusian State University.
2007 г. – Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Belarus.
2002 – 2006 гг. – Head of the Letters Department of the editorial office of the district newspaper “Zara nad Druttsyu” (urban-type settlement of Byalynichy).
2006 – 2009 гг. – Editor of the editorial office of the district newspaper “Zara nad Druttsyu” (urban-type settlement of Byalynichy).
2009 – 2011 гг. – Deputy Chairman of the Shklov District Executive Committee.
2011 – 2013 гг. – Head of the Ideological Work Department of the Mogilev Regional Executive Committee.
2013 – 2016 гг. – Deputy Chairman of the Mogilev City Executive Committee.
2016 – 2017 гг. – Head of the Main Department for Ideological Work, Culture and Youth Affairs of the Mogilev Regional Executive Committee.
2017 – 2019 гг. – Deputy Chairman of the Mogilev Regional Executive Committee.
2019 – 2021 гг. – Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Belarus.
2021 – 2026 гг. – First Deputy Minister of Information of the Republic of Belarus.
09.2026 – present – Director of BISR.
09.2026 – present – Director of BISR.
Vitaly Punchenko
Deputy Director of the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Research (BISR), Belarusian researcher and analyst.
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Punchenko Vitaly Nikolaevich. Taught and conducted research at A.A. Kuleshov Mogilev State University, as well as in research institutes and analytical centres of republican state administration bodies, including those subordinate to the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus and the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Belarus.
In 2016–2018, he served as an analyst at the State Secretariat of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus, authored research papers, and was a student at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Belarus.
- New information technologies;
- Digital communication;
- Political processes;
- Historical memory;
- State-society interaction;
- Youth and generational conflict.
Author and co-author of more than 50 scientific books and articles, including:
- “Historical Memory of Belarusians in the Context of Implementing the Historical Policy of the Republic of Belarus”;
- “Metaverse – A Digital Trend in Economy, Society, and Governance”;
- “Election Interference: Dynamics and Prevention Methods”;
- “The Aftertaste of Colour Revolutions”.
Tatiana Shendik
Deputy Director of the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Research (BISR).
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Shendik Tatiana Alexandrovna. Graduated from Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University in 2003 and completed postgraduate studies at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Belarus in 2017.
2014 – Master of Political Science.
2018 – Candidate of Political Sciences (PhD equivalent).
- Civil society;
- Non-governmental and public organisations;
- Political parties;
- Ideology of the Belarusian state,
- Theory and practice of ideological work.
Author of 46 scientific works, including the monograph “Party Building in Belarus: Essence, Prerequisites, Technologies”.
Vitaly Stakhovsky
Deputy Director of the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Research (BISR).
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Stakhovsky Vitaly Vyacheslavovich. Graduated from the Law Faculty of Belarusian State University, specialising in “Jurisprudence”, and from the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Belarus, specialising in “International Relations”.
Held various positions within the system of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, serving at Belarusian diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom and the Russian Federation.
- Current issues of international relations;
- International law;
- Information security;
- Analytics.
