The EU's policy of "conditional engagement" - trying to tempt the regime towards political reform, in return for trade agreements, aid and political contacts - has failed, because Lukashenko does not want to engage.
Mr. Obama's full comments suggest that he was talking about the power — and the limits — of citizen engagement in trying to help push forward changes in the nation's biggest, most difficult problems.
Although the promises might win popularity contests, where is the real engagement in trying to outdo one another with weekly pledges to cut taxes, abolish quangos or send more helicopters to Afghanistan?
Given what I heard from this entrepreneur, I strongly suggested that he improve both word-of-mouth endorsements and user engagement before trying to accelerate growth.
"It's speculation on top of speculation," said Brune, "but our anticipation is that Tom and NextGen are in this for the long haul and him running wouldn't curtail their engagement on trying to change the politics of climate".
Although Betsy occasionally assigned points for attendance, she distinguished participation from true engagement: "I try not to grade for participation because I don't want students to feel like they can come and be passive and just sit, but they actually have to be active learners".
It is important to note that all three facets measure ongoing cognitive engagement and try to capture the activity of being engaged.
During the period of her engagement, she tried to find something romantic about Paris and her love affair.
I know I'm subscribed to many feeds that I almost never actually read, FeedBurner's engagement metrics try to parse that behavior out from active readership.
