No dictator clings to power for a quarter-century without displaying plenty of cunning. Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus has found a way to hit the EU in a sensitive spot, part of his fightback against sanctions the bloc imposed over his crackdown on the opposition after disputed elections last year. EU ministers last week accused the Minsk strongman of “instrumentalizing human beings” and of mounting a “direct attack” aimed at destabilizing the bloc — by deliberately funneling Middle Eastern migrants across its borders into EU neighbors.
