Leadership
Andris Spruds
Dr. Andris SPRUDS is a researcher and the Chairman of the Board of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs. He also holds the position...
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Atis Lejins
Atis LEJINS founded the LIIA in 1992 and was director from 1992-2011. Born in Latvia during the Second World War, he studied and worked in Au...
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Karlis Bukovskis
Dr. Karlis BUKOVSKIS is a researcher and the Acting Director of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs (LIIA). Bukovskis is also an A...
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Sintija Broka
Sintija Broka is a researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and a Ph.D. Fellow at Riga Stradiņš University. Sintija Broka...
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Imants Lieģis
Imants Lieģis is a former Latvian diplomat with Governmental and Parliamentary experience. He left the Diplomatic Service in July 2020 after ...
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Mārtiņš Vargulis
Mārtiņš Vargulis is a researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and lecturer at the Riga Stradins University. He holds an ...
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Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova
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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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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Edijs Bošs
Education 2000-2003 – B.A. (hons) in Media Studies (Concordia International University Estonia, Tallinn) 2003-2004 – M.Phil. in Contempo...
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Elizabete Vizgunova
Elizabete Vizgunova is an Associate Researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and the Public Policy Management Institute (...
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Mārtiņš Daugulis
Mārtiņš Daugulis is PhD Candidate in Riga Stradins University, where he gives lectures on current politics of Latvia, the EU politics, China ...
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Jānis Eichmanis
Jānis Eichmanis is an associate fellow at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs. Jānis Eichmanis has served in various positions in ...
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Viljar Veebel
Viljar Veebel is a researcher who has been researching in the University of Tartu, the Estonian School of Diplomacy and the Tallinn Technolog...
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Aldis Austers
Aldis Austers was awarded a degree of engineering in administration of business foreign relations at Riga Technical University in 1995 and a ...
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Alise Krapāne
Alise Krapāne is an associate fellow at LIIA with main research interests in Latvia-US and transatlantic cooperation and security. Alise hold...
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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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Olevs Nikers
Olevs Nikers is PhD candidate at the Riga Stradins University, President of the Baltic Security Foundation, Senior Analyst at The Jamestown F...
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Ēriks Selga
Eriks Selga is a PhD candidate in the University of Hong Kong, where he is studying the interaction between legal frameworks and innovation. ...
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Uģis Romanovs
LTC (ret.) Uģis Romanovs M.A. is Research Fellow at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and works at the Baltic Defence College in...
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Kristīne Bērziņa
Kristīne Bērziņa is a Berlin-based international affairs researcher. Her work focuses on transatlantic relations and energy policy. Kristīne...
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Justīne Elferte
Justīne Elferte is a Junior researcher at LIIA. Also, she is the Head of the International Department at Riga Graduate School of Law. She has...
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Diāna Potjomkina
Diāna Potjomkina is associated researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs. She also has worked as a project manager at LIIA...
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Tjaco Van Den Hout
Tjaco Theo van den Hout, former Deputy Secretary General of the Dutch Foreign Ministry and Ambassador of the Netherlands to Thailand, Myanmar...
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Artūrs Bikovs
Artūrs Bikovs is a doctoral student of political science at Riga Stradiņš University, where he studies the role of the Russian Orthodox Churc...
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Sandis Šrāders
Sandis Šrāders is a researcher and lecturer at the Baltic Defence College in Tartu, Estonia on Russian military and strategic studies. Dr. Šr...
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Eoin Micheál Mcnamara
Eoin Micheál McNamara is a Ph.D. Researcher in political science at the University of Tartu (Estonia) and an Associate Fellow at the Latvian ...