The annual security and foreign policy forum, The Rīga Conference 2023, closed on October 21. There were 620 delegates present, with almost 100 accredited media on site and online. There were 116 distinguished speakers assembled from more than 47 countries of the world. The live stream
The project created media and social media content in the Russian language (for the Russian-speaking community) in eastern part of Latvia. The created video and social media content encouraged further in-depth knowledge-based discussions on strategic communication with the socially and politically marginalized language minority groups
The strategy board game simulating different scenarious and incidents in the field of informative challenges has been developed together with the NATO Public diplomacy division. The game aims to raise awareness, stimulate discussions and provide solid grounds for teaching informative resilience and media literacy. The players will
The Future Leaders Forum preceding The Rīga Conference, on 18-19 October 2023, is a great opportunity for the young leaders to debate issues concerning their peers, policy makers, academics, opinion leaders and security and defence practitioners. Participation in the forum and the conference allows young
By Sigita Struberga and Matej Kandrik Originally published in "Visegrad Insight", www.visegradinsight.eu The NATO Summit poses an opportunity for the West to show continued support for Ukraine against Russian aggression. While NATO members have clearly led the way with the supply of armaments and munitions, Kyiv continues
In April 21-23 LATO and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation held the Masterclasses for socially and politically active youth representatives from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. The Masterclasses for Young Baltic Political Leaders brought together 20 active youth members and featured lectures by and discussions with security and
Global Peace Index 2022 was presented yesterday in Riga. It was only presentation in Baltic States. The Research Director of LATO Dr.Sandis Šrāders concluded after the presentation: "The global and regional security is deteriorating in an unprecedented way to allow saying: there is no time for
The discussion is held on results of OECD survey of Latvian citizens' trust in public administration 2022. The discussion will look at what are the necessary steps to promote good governance and improve public opinion and involvement. The OECD survey on public trust in public
The annual security and foreign policy forum, The Rīga Conference 2022, has closed on October 22. There were 640 participants present with 90 accredited media. The Conference was streamed live in Latvian, English and Russian via Latvian Television, LSM.LV, LMT Straume, tv3.lv, GO3 Latvija. There
November 12-13, 2022 in Riga, LATO organised the Training on Negotiation Skills by the Clingendael Academy for the women-leaders in security and foreign affairs sectors from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. During the two-day training course participants updated their negotiation skills and better understood their preferred negotiation