Burden sharing amongst NATO allies has high importance as it is a distribution of risks and costs towards achieving a common goal. The 2 % budget threshold is only one measure on how NATO members divide their responsibilities. How has burden sharing evolved amongst NATO
LATO representative Renate Grudule participated in the 25th anniversary celebration of the Youth Atlantic Treaty Association in Brussels. The event was held at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. YATA is the leading youth network aim at fostering the transatlantic bond and the values embedded in
From 1 November to 31 December, the #BorderResilience information space security project is being implemented under the leadership of the Latvian Transatlantic Organisation (LATO). The project includes four workshops with eight simulation sessions in the eastern border regions of Latvia: in Augsdaugava, Vilaka, Karsava and
On November 17th LATO’s Secretary-General Sigita Struberga participated in the Baltic States Youth Debate "Baltic Youth Vision for Europe" organised by Eastern European Study Center, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, the debating society "Jaunimo debatai", the German Baltic Youth Office, and the Lithuanian
On September 13, 2021, the Ministers of Defence of Estonia, Lithuania and Poland arrived to Latvia, in order to attend the guest day of the Land Force Mechanised Infantry Brigade's Military Training "Namejs 2021", as well as to discuss regional security issues together with the
On October 15 and 16 the annual security and foreign policy forum The Rīga Conference 2021 was held. In the span of two days, political leaders and experts from all over the world came together to discuss global issues. The event started with remarks from the
The article discusses the vulnerability of certain target groups to Russia’s disinformation and fake news campaigns as well as assesses the possibility to counteract Russia’s actions. The article focuses on five thematic categories, such as West-related narratives, NATO-related narratives, Russia related narratives, governance-related narratives, and
The election of Joseph R. Biden as president of the United States has had profound implications not only for domestic US politics but also for US international partners abroad. Due to Donald Trump’s statements about NATO being obsolete and past alliances as unnecessary, one of
Citius, altius, fortius? In April 2008, I was despatched to write a high-level report entitled “Afghanistan: The Way Ahead in the South”. The report remains confidential but its final two sentences were prophetic. “Some countries forgive mediocrity. Afghanistan is no such country”. The defeat in
The commonly used concept of “strategic autonomy” is certainly part of the political discourse rhetoric of the European Union (EU), over which many spears have been broken in recent years. Since 2016, when Member States adopted the EU Global Strategy Paper, Europe had to face
On October 6 at 10.30 AM (GMT+3) the Latvian Transatlantic Organisaton will host the «Global Peace Index 2021” presentation by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). This will be the only presentation of this study in the Baltic States. The presentation will be one of
The annual security and foreign policy forum The Rīga Conference 2021 will take place on October 15 – 16. This year the event will gather participants both in-person at the National Library of Latvia and online. Its participants will have the opportunity to hear from