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Round table of BISR and ISRS experts is held in Minsk

30 july 2019
Belarus Segodnya
A round table is held today at the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR) with the participation of colleagues from Uzbekistan – heads of the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (ISRS). The event, which is significant for the expert communities of both countries, will be continued at the 1st Forum of the Regions of ...

BISR director: we are interested in the experience of the leading think tank of Uzbekistan

30 july 2019
Belarus Segodnya
The Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR) will sign the memorandum of cooperation today with its Uzbek colleagues – the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (ISRS). Oleg Makarov, Director of the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research, spoke about this before the start of the round table dedicated to the developm...

BISR analyst: sports diplomacy is a new foreign policy tool

27 june 2019
Sputnik
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2nd European Games, the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko suggested that all arguments between the countries should be transferred to sports arenas, turning them into fancy shows. Yevgeny Zadrutsky, an analyst at the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research, spoke on Sputnik Radio on what the phenomenon of sports diplomacy is and wheth...

Diplomats discussed ways to integrate sport and politics

25 june 2019
Minsk 2019
Minsk hosted the first high-level expert and diplomatic event "Sports Diplomacy: Creating Opportunities Through Sport" organized by the Directorate of the 2nd European Games 2019 Foundation jointly with the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research. The event is unique in its format and purpose. The expert and diplomatic conference dedicated to sports topics was held for the first ti...

BISR director: no need to oppose the Belarusian language against Russian

19 march 2019
Eurasia.Expert
In February 2019, the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko approved the establishment of the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR), which in fact replaced the Information and Analytical Center (IAC) under the Presidential Administration. In an interview with Radio Svaboda Belarus, Oleg Makarov, Director of BISR, spoke about the threats that Belarusian analysts see in ...

Oleg Makarov, director of the recently established BISR: I didn’t use social networks. But now i wil...

15 march 2019
Nasha Niva
Marina Koktysh, journalist with Narodnaja Volya, spoke with Oleg Makarov, Doctor of Law, and Director of the recently established Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR). The following are the excerpts from the interview. ...

Makarov: documents on information security in Belarus and the CIS are interconnected, but they are c...

15 march 2019
Belarus.by
The documents on information security in Belarus and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) are interconnected, but they are completely different. Oleg Makarov, Director of the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research, told BELTA about this when commenting on the Strategy for Ensuring Information Security of the CIS Member States approved by the CIS Economic Council in Moscow ...

BISR director Oleg Makarov on Russian TV channels in Belarus: one click and they are gone

15 march 2019
Euroradio.fm
"We would like Belarus to be able to independently develop its relations in the information area, without external influence, based on its own national interests". Oleg Makarov, Director of the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research, expressed this opinion in an interview with the Narodnaja Volya newspaper. Journalists asked whether this means that the Belarusian state will exclu...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Belaru...

13 march 2019
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
On March 13, 2019, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Belarus E.Q. Ertisbaev met with the Director of the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR) O.S. Makarov. They discussed a wide range of issues related to the dialogue between expert communities, civil society and political circles of both countries. ...