Geography class: Belarus seeks Russian missiles as border tensions rise

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Specification:

• Power and borders, global migration

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Belarus seeks Russian missiles as border tensions rise

• What is behind the tension between the EU and Belarus?

• Outline the other measures Lukashenko has already threatened the EU with

• Consider the arguments for and against Russia selling missiles to Belarus alongside this article: US warns aggression against Ukraine would be ‘serious mistake for Russia’. To what extent do these events suggest conflict is inevitable in the region?

Alasdair Monteith, Gordonstoun