Due to its internal domestic political circumstances, Belarus has been excluded from various European institutions and international organizations and has become an isolated quasi-pariah state. Belarus has become Europe’s forgotten country, a nation which is left out of the universally beneficial process of cooperation in an increasingly prosperous and integrated Europe.

More recently, however, there is a significant increase of willingness for cooperation on the side of both the government in Minsk and Western governments. In late 2007, the Belarus Task Force was formed to help further this process with a thorough analysis of the situation and some specific recommendations. This report contains a summary of the group’s views and analysis.