Illuminating the Arts-Policy Nexus 
Illuminating the Arts-Policy Nexus is a fortnightly series of articles on the role of art in public policymaking. This series invites WPI fellows and project leaders as well as external practitioners to contribute pieces on how artists have led policy change and how policymakers can use creative strategies.
In Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World, World Policy Institute Senior Fellow Ian Bremmer illustrates a historic shift in the international system and the world economy—and an unprecedented moment of global uncertainty.
6. Alexander Lukashenko - Belarus
The president of Belarus is the last dictator in Europe and still looks the part. The mustachioed strongman took advantage of the chaos following the fall of the Soviet Union to make a rapid climb to power in the newly independent Belarus. He won the presidential election in 1995 and, upon taking the reins, quickly removed other power centers within the country. To cement control, Lukashenko skillfully co-opted the democratic process, setting up a referendum that gave his power grab a veneer of popular approval. Another referendum in 2004 eliminated presidential term limits, allowing Lukashenko to remain in power indefinitely. Spewing bizarre anti-Semitic statements and using neo-Nazi gangs to intimidate his opponents, Lukashenko is a troubling throwback to a Europe thought long gone.
