Christopher Forst

Kyiv

Christopher Forst is the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung's representative for Belarus and Head of the Regional Office "Dialogue Eastern Europe" based in Kyiv. He holds a Master's degree in EU-Russia Studies from the University of Tartu in Estonia. Before his assignment in Kyiv, he worked for four years in the foundation's Africa Department.

Articles

Democracy and society | 23.02.2024

The iron hand of the state

Even if the result is already known: the scale of this weekend’s elections in Belarus poses a serious challenge to the Lukashenko regime

Foreign and security policy | 31.08.2022

The path to peace in Europe also leads via Minsk

Without a free Belarus, there can be no secure Europe. European civil society and politics must set priorities accordingly

European integration | 15.12.2021

What can the EU offer its eastern neighbours?

The EU's Eastern Partnership with six post-Soviet states is threatened by a split. But Brussels should stick to its inclusive framework

Democracy and society | 15.02.2021

Lukashenko’s fake exercise in democracy

After the ‘All-Belarusian People’s Assembly’ serious reform remains unlikely. But the democracy movement won’t disappear