On February 23, 2021 the Rīga Conference Lecture Series continued with a lecture by Airis Rikveilis, National Expert in the Secretariat-General of the European Commission, who participated in the series by introducing the participants to the idea of an EU Strategic Compass and the possibility of
On Tuesday, February 23 at 10:30 AM (GMT+2) the second lecture in The Rīga Conference Lecture Series on Zoom or Facebook Live will take place. Airis Rikveilis, National Expert in the Secretariat-General of the European Commission, will participate in the series with his lecture "EU Strategic
Over 80 europarliamentarians have requested the resignation of European Union senior diplomat Josep Borrell following his failed visit to Moscow. The discussion also focused on five countries of the South-East Asia - Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Although there are significant differences in political and socio-economic models among these countries, they all
Since last weekend, there has been growing fear that the European Union will not be able to implement the commitment previously declared to vaccinate 70% of the Union's adult population against Covid-19% by summer. The reason is the announcements by two large vaccine makers about planned supply delays - Pfizer announced it would
On 27th January Chairwoman of the Board of the Latvian Transatlantic Organisation Prof. Žaneta Ozoliņa participated in the Global Diplomatic Forum organised webinar "The European Policy of the United States of America". The US and the EU will be looking to revive their relationship after the
On 19th January the Danish Institute for International Studies - DIIS organized a webinar in memory of Ambassador Per Carlsen, former Director of DIIS, who sadly passed away in December 2020. This webinar brought together prominent voices from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Denmark, who all
On December 15, 2020, Latvijas Radio organised a web conference through Zoom, as part of its "European Week". The topic of the debate was: "European values and how to strengthen them through and beyond Europe". The debate took place within the framework of the Euranet
Over the past five years, EU Member States have increasingly invoked the concept of strategic autonomy in their political discourse. Initially, the content of this concept was mainly composed of a commitment to participate in international security issues as a united actor without NATO and the US. Most countries
On December 2nd the Rīga Conference Lecture Series began with a "Lecture on Belarus" by Dr. Aliaksei Kazharski, Researcher at the Institute of European Studies and International Relations of the Comenius University, Lecturer at the Department of Security Studies of Charles University in Prague. In the
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is not a prediction anymore; it is here and it reaches far beyond technology development and future economy. Its speed is exponential, accelerating deep systemic change in every aspect of human life and societal transformation. The question is whether societies around
The Rīga Conference 2020 will take place on the 12th and 13th of November online. The conference will gather high level experts and decision-makers. This year, parallel to the conference, four side events will be taking place online as well. One of them is “Women,
What are the implications for the Allied defence of Riga of COVID-19? Defence budgets will probably be plundered in many European countries to pay for ‘human’ (health) security, the growing gap between Allied defence, deterrence and threat will further increase, a further European retreat from