The Northern Dimension: An Assessment and Future Development

Lejins, Atis, Jorg-Dietrich Nackmayr. The Northern Dimension: An Assessment and Future Development. Conference Proceedings. Riga: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Latvian Institute of International Affairs, 2000.

In 1999 the Latvian Institute of International Affairs held a series of workshops culminating in an conference devoted to the EU Northern Dimension initiative and the Northern European Initiative launched by the US and Canada. The collection of papers from this conference held on December 6, 1999 highlight aspects of two major initiatives that are in the process of being developed and implemented. Contributors to the conference were H.E. Hans Magnusson, Ambassador of Sweden to Latvia; Dr. Hanna Ojanen, Researcher of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs; Iveta Šulca, Director of the EU Department of the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Igor Leshukov, Research Director of the Center for Integration Research and Programs, St. Peterburg, Russia.