Roza Turarbekava - Doctor of History, Associate Professor of the Belarusian State University - BSU (1999 - 2022), activist of the Belarusian Free Trade Union at BSU, visiting researcher at the Justus-Liebig University (Giessen, Germany) and DAAD scholarship holder (September 2022 - April 2023 ). Research interests: Eurasian regional organizations and integration projects, foreign policy of the Republic of Belarus, Islamism and political processes in Central Asia.