Who controls the controllers? Special and control services in Belarus's public administration

This study examines the main institutions of state control in Belarus – the State Security Committee, the Operational and Analytical Centre, and the State Control Committee – between 2015 and 2025. The paper describes how these bodies have expanded their power and how they have become the main instruments of political repression, especially after 2020. Their overlapping powers, lack of external control, and direct dependence on Aliaksandr Lukashenka have led to the creation of an integrated system of political, economic, and information control, which underpins the consolidation of the authoritarian regime in Belarus.