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 Three Seas Initiative Civil Society Forum “Connecting States, Regions, and Societies: Debating, Innovating, and Acting” was initiated by the President of Latvia H.E. Egils Levits and organised jointly by the Latvian Transatlantic Organisation, the Chancery of the President of Latvia, and the Ministry of
The European choice is repeatedly affirmed by the Georgian people: various sociological polls have shown the high approval rate of 70-80% for EU and NATO membership. It is also declared in the Constitution of Georgia. Eventual European Union (EU)membership must be attained, no matter how
30 years of transition have positioned the Republic of Moldova on the European agenda as a country willing to join the European civilisational community. Following a long path of distrusted democratic reforms, Moldova has committed to the European pattern of development, where the EU becomes
One of the defining factors of the contemporary security environment is the quest for orienting among a wide array of modern security threats. In the 21st century, the Euro-Atlantic security community has been in search for the definition of the true nature of the crisis,
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
The year 2020 brought unprecedented change to Belarus. Following evidence of massive fraud during the August presidential election and the ensuing brutal crackdown on protestors, which included violent deaths and tortures, Belarus’s civil society found new forms of mobilization and selforganization resulting in hundreds of
The United States is a global superpower and its influence is far from underestimated. Even without abusing the democratic system, the President retains an important role as the highest political spokesman of the American nation and the main individual player on the international stage. For
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