Leadership
Karlis Bukovskis
Dr. Karlis BUKOVSKIS is the Director of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and an Assistant Professor at Riga Stradins University...
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Martins Vargulis
Mārtiņš Vargulis is the Deputy Director and researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and lecturer at the Riga Stradins Un...
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Sintija Broka
Sintija Broka is a researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs as well as a guest lecturer and Ph.D. Fellow at Riga Stradins...
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Elizabete Vizgunova
Elizabete Vizgunova is a Researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and a journalist at TVNET Group. She is currently pursu...
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Aleksandra Palkova
Aleksandra Palkova is a researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs. She analyzes the political and institutional processes ...
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Una Aleksandra Berzina-Cerenkova
Dr. Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova is a political scientist, China scholar, Head of Riga Stradins University China Studies Centre, Head of ...
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Gints Jegermanis
Ambassador Gints Jegermanis left Latvian diplomatic service in December 2021. During 27 years of service, he was posted as Counselor to the L...
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Justine Elferte
Justine Elferte is an researcher at LIIA. She is a PMI certified project manager currently working for the Financial Intelligence Unit. Previ...
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Sara Elizabete Vinberga
Sara Elizabete Vinberga is a junior researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs. Sara Elizabete is an International Relation...
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Maija Laizāne
Maija Laizāne is a research assistant at the LIIA and a student at Riga Stradins university's "International Relations and European Studies" ...
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Albine Hlopnicka
Albīne Hlopņicka is a student of Rīga Stradiņš University in the bachelor's program "International Relations - European Studies" and a junior...
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Renars Lazdins
Renārs Lazdiņš is a student of Riga Stradiņš University in the bachelor's program "International Relations - European Studies" and an intern ...
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Christopher Lawyer
Christopher Lawyer is a student of Brigham Young University - Idaho in the Bachelor's program "Political Science", also pursuing a minor in e...
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Sarah Fischbuch
Sarah Fischbuch received her Bachelor of Science from Brigham Young University (USA) and recently graduated with her Master of Business Admin...
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Rebeca Zvirbule
Rebeca Zvirbule is a second-year student at Riga Stradiņš University in the Bachelor's program "International Relations - European Studies" a...
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Rihards Kols
Rihards Kols has been a Member of the 14th Saeima (the Parliament) of the Republic of Latvia since his re-election in 2022. Mr Kols previousl...
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Andris Spruds
Dr. Andris SPRUDS is a Member of Advisory Board and former Director of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs. He also holds the posi...
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Atis Lejins
Atis Lejins is the founder of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and was its Director from 1992-2011. Currently he serves as memb...
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Daina Bleiere
Daina Bleiere – Dr.hist., researcher at the Latvian University Institute of the History of Latvia. In 2005-2018 Associate Professor at the Ri...
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Tomas Jermalavicius
Tomas Jermalavicius holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Vilnius, an MA in War Studies from King’s College London and an MB...
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Ugis Libietis
Ugis Libietis is a long-time Latvia Radio journalist who specializes in world events. During his more than 20-year-long career, he has covere...
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Edijs Boss
Edijs Boss is an associate researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and an associate professor at the Department of Polit...
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Elina Vroblevska
Elīna Vrobļevska is a lecturer at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Faculty of European Studies and the director of the master’s program “Intern...
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Imants Liegis
Imants Liegis is a former Latvian diplomat with Governmental and Parliamentary experience. He left the Diplomatic Service in July 2020 after ...
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Toms Ratfelders
Toms Ratfelders is a researcher specialising in international relations of the Middle East. His area of focus lie in the Gulf region and in a...
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Vineta Kleinberga
Vineta Kleinberga is an Associated Researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and a Researcher and a Lecturer at the Facult...
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Ian Kearns
Dr. Ian Kearns (Co-Founder, former Director and Board Member of the European Leadership Network) has 25 years of experience working in the pu...
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Viljar Veebel
Viljar Veebel is researcher of the Department of Political and Strategic Studies at the Baltic Defence College and associate researcher at th...
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Louis Wierenga
Louis Wierenga is a Lecturer in International Relations at the Baltic Defence College and a political analyst at the Johan Skytte Institute o...
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Eoin Micheál Mcnamara
Eoin Micheál McNamara is a PhD researcher at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, University of Tartu in Estonia where he taught ...
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Sandis Sraders
Sandis Sraders is a researcher and lecturer at the Baltic Defence College in Tartu, Estonia on Russian military and strategic studies. He has...
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Mara Baumane
Mara Baumane is a visiting lecturer and a doctoral degree candidate in political science at Riga Stradins University. She also works as corpo...
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Sergejs Potapkins
Sergejs Potapkins is a former member and deputy chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committeeof the Latvian Parliament. He was also Chairman of t...
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Eriks Selga
Eriks is an associated researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs. Eriks is also a Non-resident Fellow with the Digital Inn...
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