... self-explanatory—Russia is an aggressive state that has to be deterred.
RAND Corporation Report "Deterring Russian Aggression in the Baltic States Through Resilience"
In the very beginning, the authors state that the governments and citizens of Estonia, Latvia and Estonia are facing Russian propaganda and other nonmilitary activities on a daily basis. And that is just a part of a significant and insidious Russian campaign that designed to undermine trust in their institutions, foment ethnic and social tensions, and erode confidence ...
... that he has left the country to work in the European Parliament, means that Harmony will
likely
lose control of Riga, and the party’s political decline will continue.
The case of Ušakovs and his party marked a failure of the strategy to integrate Latvia’s Russian-speaking population into the Russian-speaking community and create a political nation of Russians and Latvians in Latvia. The Latvian political class confirmed its propensity towards ethnic insulation and the understanding that the Latvian nation ...
... Ineta Celmina, Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission.
During the conversation the parties touched upon the issues related to the preparation and holding of the annual international Riga Conference in October 2019, as well as various aspects of bilateral Russia-Latvia relations, and relations between Russia and the European Union as a whole.
... 2019, Riga Dialogue, an annual international high-level expert conference, was held in Riga.
The 2019 meeting was devoted to “Crisis Management and Strategic Stability in the Euroatlantic Community”. Traditionally, the meeting was organized by the Latvian Institute of International Affairs with the support of international partners, including Russian International Affairs Council.
The meeting was attended by experts, diplomats, parliamentarians, and high-ranking officials from a number of European countries.
RIAC was represented by Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General; Sergey Rogov, Academic ...
... area, the political and strategic implications of the U.S. withdrawal from the INF Treaty, perspective formats for arms control, and the future of the relations between Russia and the West. The meeting was mediated by Maris Riekstiņš, Ambassador of Latvia to Russia.
... debate "Riga Dialogue“.
This year the meeting focused on the following topic: “The New Normal in the Euro-Atlantic Security Order". The meeting was organized by the Latvian Institute of International Affairs with the support of a number of Latvian and international institutional partners, including Russian International Affairs Council.
About fifty experts, diplomats, parliamentarians, and high-ranking officials from many European countries took part in the meeting.
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and experts including Andrey Kazantsev, ...
... Ambassador to Russia, and Ineta Celmina, Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
Latvian diplomats got to know about RIAC current European studies, discussed possibilities of enhanced collaboration between Russian and Latvian think tanks on pending issues of Baltic region development and security.
... journalists and anyone interested in studying the future and analysing long-term global trends.
The opinions presented in these articles reflect the personal views and research positions of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Russian International Aairs Council.
RIAC scientific and editorial support:
I. Timofeev, Ph.D. in Political Science; T. Makmutov, Ph.D. in Political Science; I. Sorokina, M. Smekalova, R. Mayka; with participation of D. Khaspekova and N. Mukhin.
... spending as a percent of GDP, although that country is actually spending much less on defence than Germany. Poland is playing a noticeable role: it has already met the Wales Summit requirements. Warsaw's defence spending is significantly lower than that of Russia, but is still significant to regional stability, especially in light of the procurement of new weapons and military equipment. The contribution of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania is minimal: these countries are consumers of security, although still important in terms of their location in the potential theatre of military operations.
The bottom line is that Berlin's commitment to the 2/20 target will be of ...
... hosted a meeting of Andrey Kortunov, Director General, RIAC, Viktors Makarovs, Parliamentary Secretary, Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Latvian Embassy to Russia staff.
The following issues were discussed in the course of the meeting: current Russia-Latvia relations, Baltic region security challenges, Moscow-Riga Track II diplomacy priorities and perspective framework for cooperation.
Latvian diplomats were informed about RIAC projected activities in Baltic and Euro-Atlantic areas.