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Rasma Kārkliņa
Professor of political sciene at the University of Latvia , Advisor to the Minister of defence of Latvia
Ilze Juhansone
Ambassador/ Director General of European Union Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
Ieva Jirgensone
Arms Control Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
Eva Jaskovska
Assistant Political Reporter, The European Commission Representation in Latvia
Margit Haeberle
Charge d’Affaires, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Raimonds Graube
Commander of the National Armed Forces of the Republic of Latvia
Marek Gluszko
First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Poland
Rinalds Celmiņš
Deputy Executive Director, Latvian IT Cluster
Ineta Celmiņa
Counsellor, EU department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
Anda Catlaka
Counsellor, European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
Simon Bull
Attaché, Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Edijs Bošs
PhD Candidate in International Relations, University of Cambridge, UK
Dace Balode
Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia
Tea Akhvlediani
Director of Euro integration Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Georgia
Riga Conference 2010 will be broadcasted live
On September 10-11, 2010, Riga, the capital of Latvia, will host one of the leading security forums in Northern Europe – the Rīga Conference. The conference has become the most significant in Northern Europe gathering of some of the most … Continue reading
Ivars Pundurs
Under-Secretary of State – Administrative Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
Juris Štālmeistars
Director of the Economic Relations and Development Cooperation Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
Velga Ekure
Head of the Russia Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
Āris Vīgants
Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
Video: Russia: Has Reset Succeeded?
New Transatlantic policy trends and President Obama’s administration in the U.S. call for extensive cooperation with Russia to jointly address challenges in Afghanistan, Iran and elsewhere. Do expectations meet the realities? Is Europe a third tango partner? Mr. Mikhail Margelov, … Continue reading
Charles Gates
Deputy for Attache, Operations/Army Attaché, U.S. Embassy in Riga
Coffee Break conversation: US foreign policy
Mr. Jeremy Shapiro, Special Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia Affairs at the Department of State is interviewed by Mr. Tomas Valasek, Director of Foreign Policy and Defense, Centre for European Reform.
Public lecture „NATO’s Strategic Concept – A Canadian Perspective”
The Latvian Transatlantic Organisation and Embassy of Canada in Latvia in cooperation with the University of Latvia invites to a public lecture of Paul H. Chapin and Colonel Alain-Michel Pellerin (ret.) on „NATO’s Strategic Concept – A Canadian Perspective”. Paul. … Continue reading
István Manyi
Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Hungary
Juris Maklakovs
Advisor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
Magnus G. Lundgren
Defence Attaché, Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden
Atis Lejiņš
Honorary Director, The Latvian Institute of International Affaiirs
Ingrīda Lāce
Director for Coomunication and International Affairs, Latvenergo AS
Elita Kuzma
Ambassador, Head of Directorate Economic and Bilateral Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
Andis Kudors
Executive Director, Centre for East European Policy Studies
Dušan Krištofik
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Slovak Republic
Daiga Krieva
Counsellor, Policy Planning Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
Kārlis Krēsliņš
Head of the Defence Scientific Research Centre, National Defence Academy, Latvia
Artur Krawczyk
Defence, Military, Naval and Air Attaché, Embassy of the Republic of Poland
Jurriaan Kraak
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Konstantin Korkelia
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Georgia
Oleg Kondratiev
Military, Air and Naval Attache, Embassy of the Russian Federation
Konrad Kłos
Officer of Minister’s Office, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Poland
Druvis Kleins
Director of the Recruiting and Youth Guard Center, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia
Andreas Klein
Regional Director, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Latvia office
Marcin Kaźmierski
Director of Security Policy Department, Political Director, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Poland
Tonis Idarand
Director of Division of Central and South-Eastern Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia
Scott Heatherington
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Canada
Kevin Hamilton
Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Canada
Daniel Grzenda
Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Jan Grevstad
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway
Jānis Grasis
Associated Professor, BA School of Business and Finances
Elita Gavele
Director, Information and Public Relations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
Jānis Garisons
Policy Director, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia
Judith Gail Garber
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the United States of America
Robert Eberwein
Charge d’Affaires, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Austria
Argita Daudze
Director, Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
Per Carlsen
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark
Hermann Buenz
Representative and Coordinator Baltic States, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Ilmārs Breidaks
Deputy Head of Foreign Minister’s Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
Daina Bleiere
Head of the MA Study Programme „International Relations”, Riga Stradiņš University
Toms Baumanis
Chairman of the Board, Latvian Transatlantic Organisation
Sylvie Bachelot
Counsellor, Embassy of the French Republic
Reinis Āboltiņš
Energy Policy Researcher, Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS, Latvia
Video: What is NATO’s Exit Strategy in Afghanistan?
The mission in Afghanistan has been the top priority for NATO, displaying the solidarity and common action of the member states in the stabilization and state building process. The current situation however confirms that the military cannot be the only … Continue reading
Indulis Ābelis
Head of the European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševiča
Adviser on Strategic Planning and Analysis to the President of the Republic of Latvia
Paulino González Fernández-Corugedo
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain
Ayşe Ayhan Asya
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Turkey
Mikhail Margelov
Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation
Edgar Buckley
Senior Vice-President for EU, NATO and European Cooperation, Thales Group
Hans-Friedrich von Ploetz
German Representative in the Group of Experts for Drafting NATO’s New Strategic Concept
Edward Lucas
Deputy Editor, Central and Eastern Europe Correspondent for the Economist
Michel Foucher
Director of Studies, The Institute for Higher National Defence Studies, France
Ivan Vejvoda
Executive Director of the Balkan Trust for Democracy, the German Marshall Fund of the United States
Māris Riekstiņš
Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Latvia
Andres Kasekamp
Director, Estonian Foreign Policy Institute, Professor of Baltic Politics, Institute of Government and Politics, University of Tartu
Alexander Pivovarsky
Senior Economist, Office of the Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Ilias Iliopoulos
Head of the Department of Political & Strategic Studies, Baltic Defence College
Maria Amaryan
Board Member, Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation, Armenia