Geopolitical and Humanitarian Aspects of the Belarus–EU Border Conflict

Elżbieta Kużelewska is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Bialystok, Poland, and Vice-Dean for Science (2019–2024). Agnieszka Kasińska-Metryka is Professor of Political Science, Director of the Institute of International Relations and Public Policy, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland. Karolina Pałka-Suchojad is Assistant Professor at the Institute of International Relations and Public Policies, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland. Agnieszka Piekutowska is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Finance, University of Bialystok, Poland, and Vice-Dean for Institutional Cooperation and Internationalization (2019–2024).

Part 1: Weaponized Migrations as a Tool of Hybrid Warfare 1. Blowing in the wind but still strong: Authoritarian regime in Belarus 2. The genesis, course and scale of the conflict on the border of Belarus with EU Member States in a comparative approach 3. Between long-term geopolitical hybrid conflict and ad hoc instrumentalization of migratory pressure: The nature and specifics of the Polish-Belarusian border crisis 4. Crisis management at the EU's external borders in the face of migratory pressures 5. Unravelling the spectacle of militarised border management: The use of Polish Territorial Defence Forces (TDF) in the Polish-Belarussian border crisis Part 2: Between Legal Procedures and Humanitarian Dimension 6. Detention of foreigners in the procedure of applying for international protection in Europe 7. Criminalization of humanitarian aid delivery 8. The image of the conflict on the Polish-Belarusian border in Polish Internet portals Part 3: Coercive Engineered Migration from International and Domestic Perspective 9. Has Belarus Violated International Law? 10. The Position and Response of the EU and its Agency (Frontex) to the migrant crisis on the Belarusian Border 11. Lithuania's legal response to migration crisis: Theory and practice in the context of national security and human rights 12. Latvia's response to the migration crisis on the Belarusian border: A legal perspective 13. Poland's response to the migration crisis on the Belarusian border: A legal perspective