http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200826-183254-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/a-momentum-of-opportunity-for-belarus-and-a-cautionary-tale-from-north-macedonia/ A Momentum of Opportunity for Belarus and a Cautionary Tale from North Macedonia eng 2020-08-26 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Academic Colonialism Belarus Constitutional Change EU Accession North Macedonia Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Belarus has an unprecedented chance to re-invent itself as a new democracy. Only three years ago, in 2017, North Macedonia was in a similar position, transitioning from a 10-yearlong dictatorship of Nikola Gruevski. Some of the mistakes that were made in this process can be avoided in the case of Belarus.