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The Rīga Conference 2010, September 10-11, 2010

The 5th Riga Conference aims to kick-off high level international discussions on foreign and security policy issues before entering the intensive policy making season in the fall of 2010. The conference has already become a gathering of some of the most respected world thinkers, academics, commentators, journalists, and politicians, providing a platform for a broad intellectual exchange on the current international agenda. Continue reading

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What is NATO’s Exit Strategy in Afghanistan?

The Rīga Conference 2010 was concluded by discussion of the Defense Minister of the Republic of Latvia, Mr. Imants Lieģis, NATO and European Cooperation and a member of the Thales Group, Dr. Edgar Buckley, Member of the Board at the … Continue reading →

Russia: Has Reset Succeeded?

The second discussion on the day two of the Rīga Conference 2010 was “Russia: Has Reset Succeeded?” The chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Mr. Mikhail Margelov, the director of the … Continue reading →

A Strategy towards Europe’s Contested Neighborhood

The second day of the Rīga Conference 2010 was opened by the discussion of the Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Latvia, Māris Riekstiņš, Foreign Minister of … Continue reading →