Nordic/Baltic

The Rīga Conference 2021 program has been published

The annual security and foreign policy forum The Rīga Conference 2021 will take place on October 15 – 16. This year the event will gather participants both in-person at the National Library of Latvia and […]

At the Riga Conference 2018
Nordic/Baltic

The Rīga Conference 2019 starts today!

Today, October 11, at the National Library of Latvia world leaders and experts of international relations will be gathered together in order to discuss key security and policy issues. The conference serves as a forum […]

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Opinion

About friends and allies

If during The Rīga Conference 2015 we began witnessing Kremlin’s adventure in Syria, today we observe casualties and the number deaths of this escapade. During the last 12 months, the world has beheld terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels, aggression of Russian football fans during Euro-2016 in France, and bombings in Aleppo. The Crimea remains occupied and the Russian aggression against Ukraine is still ongoing. […]

Riga

Riga Conference 2016 – a reflection

Every year Latvia hosts what is called The Riga Conference. This year was no different. Held in the National Library across the river from the Old Town, invited delegates from the world of diplomacy, think tanks, academia, the military, and political life, gathered to listen and take part in a series of talks focussing on European foreign policy and security. […]