

Fifteen years after the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers triggered a devastating global financial crisis, the banking system is in trouble again. Central bankers and financial regulators each seem to bear some of the blame for the recent tumult, but there is significant disagreement over how much – and what, if anything, can be done to avoid a deeper crisis.
斯德哥尔摩—白俄罗斯人以前所未有的数量走上街头,拒绝被国家暴力吓倒,很显然,白俄罗斯总统卢卡申科窃取有一场选举胜利、延长自己掌权时间的尝试失败了。不论从何种角度看,他掌权的日子为数不多了。
许多评论者将白俄罗斯的情况与乌克兰2004-05年的橙色革命和2014年的广场革命相比较。但白俄罗斯不是乌克兰,将广场模式套用在明斯克和其他白俄罗斯城镇上也有失偏颇。
腐败和管理不善等内部问题显然是乌克兰冷战后政局发展的因素,但主要的决定因素还是将乌克兰纳入欧洲范畴的意图。广场运动是对时任乌克兰总统亚努科维奇试图放弃欧洲一体化进程和改革的直接反应。革命者在欧盟的旗帜下串联起来。
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