Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2010. / Title from pdf file main screen (viewed March 9, 2010). "A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Dept. of History and Classics". Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio State University, 2009. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-50).

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Carleton University, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-343). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

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Russia / Belarus / Oil Pipelines / Democratic Revolution / As the last dictatorship in Europe, Belarus is a "problem state" for the United States. This thesis analyses U.S. interests in Belarus and assesses the extent of interdependence of these interests with Russian interests there. It first establishes a theoretical framework for U.S. and Russian national interests and the possibility for cooperation between the two countries. It then examines the mutuality of U.S and Russian interests in Belarus in the areas of democracy and human rights, drug and human trafficking, arms proliferation, oil and gas transit, and Russo-Belarusian trade and political integration and the policy options available to each country. Next, other elements of cooperation are applied to the situation in Belarus. Finally, the possibilities for cooperation are evaluated. This thesis demonstrates that the achievement of U.S. interests is significantly constrained by Russia's willingness to cooperate and that the United States can best achieve its objectives only through cooperation with Russia. This cooperation should center on neither country's first preference, but a compromise solution involving the ascendance of a moderate opponent to Lukashenka from within the Belarusian elite.

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The work provides basic information about the infrastructure of Belarus. The work is divided into five chapters. each of them provides information about rail, auto, aviation and water transport. The last chapter is devoted to statistic data that show the development of transport in Belarus in recent years.

<p>This thesis sets out to investigate three questions, first, how the Belarusian democratization process has progressed since the country’s independence in 1991 to the year of 2006. Second, how the relationship between Russia and Belarus has progressed during this time and third, if and how Russia has affected the democratization process. The study has been conducted through qualitative method, mainly using books and articles as sources of information. It has been found that the democratization process in Belarus has evolved in a negative direction ever since the presidential election of 1994. During the selected time-period, the Russian-Belarus relationship has come to include more and more areas of co-operation and a deeper integration within these areas. Russia has by its support of and to the Belarusian regime, through subsidised energy and economic investments, made it possible for the regime to continue with anti-democratic policies. Consequently Russia has indirectly affected the democratization process in a negative way.</p>

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Zürich, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [541]-585).

Belarus is placed on historical, cultural, political and geographical crossroad. Geographically, the country is located in heart of Europe. It is being said it is the gateway to the West. This is a relatively young state, which has been created after 1st World War on 25th of March 1918, right after the February Revolution, in the form of Belarusian National Republic. A year after it became a part of the USSR. On 26th of December 1991, the Soviet Union fell apart into 15 independent republics and Belarus has become one of them. The aim of the thesis is to analyze in details the potential of belarussian tourism and make it closer to Czech tourist. The history of the Belarusian nation in the presented work is described in accordance with the theory of the Belarusian opposition journalist Dmitri Novický and ultimately refutes the official version. Author tries to separate Belarus as a tourist destination from politics and confirm the hypothesis that Belarus has a growing potential for domestic tourism and has significant natural, cultural and historical wealth.. Geographically, the landscape is located in the heart of Europe. He says it is the gateway to the West. It is a relatively young state, which was created after World War II 25th March 1918, just after the February Revolution, in the form of the Belarusian National Republic. The year then came to the USSR. 26th December 1991, the Soviet Union fell apart in 15 independent republics and one of them was Belarus. The present work aims to analyze in detail the conditions of Belarus for the development of tourism, to show them as a lucrative destination in the post-Soviet state closer to a Czech tourist. The history of the Belarusian nation in the presented work is described in accordance with the theory of the Belarusian opposition journalist Dmitri Novický and ultimately refutes the official version. The reason for the development work was to separate Belarus as a tourist destination from politics and confirm the hypothesis that Belarus has a growing potential for domestic tourism and has significant natural, cultural and historical wealth.