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The unspoken about the European Union Army
26.10.2016In his annual speech “State of the Union” at the European Parliament, the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker avoided naming the EU Army in particular, while he revealed new details on this idea within a framework which is more voter-friendly, namely the European Defence Union.
READ MOREEuropean Union’s economic performance in context of the Russian asymmetric sanctions.
25.10.2016The Europe 2020 Strategy was designed as a European exit strategy from the global economic and financial crisis that started in 2008, but it risks being somewhat overtaken by recent events starting from year 2010. Before even having enacted the new strategy, the European Union (EU) already faces challenges of a further-reaching nature and different dimension.
READ MOREEcho-chambers. Should anyone be worried?
24.10.2016A recent article in the Wall Street Journal exposed the reality of internet echo-chambers, demonstrating how reality may differ for different Facebook users. Scholars and businesses are already worried that social networks can create “echo chambers,” where users see posts only from like-minded friends and media sources, but should also governments be concerned?
READ MOREShades of Red Putinism: Pro-Russian far-left parties in Europe
21.10.2016While a lot of attention has been dedicated to the relationship between Moscow and the far-right parties in Europe, this paper aims to shed some light on the opposite side of the political spectrum. Despite increasingly promoting conservatism, traditionalism, and family values, and defining Russia as a global “moral compass” built on those values, the Putin regime seem to reboot the red “comrade networks” as well, inherited from the USSR and used extensively for active measures.
READ MOREA modern political empire, trying to live the modest dream of pragmatic regional functionalism
18.10.2016It became too obvious that the Eastern Partnership Programme’s Vilnius Summit in November 2013 was a dramatic failure for both High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission Catherine Ashton and Commissioner Štefan Füle.
READ MOREDo we counter or compete with Russia’s challenge in the information environment?
14.10.2016In such complicated circumstances the “competition paradigm” provides more effective principles for the development of communication strategies, because no matter how disturbing Russia’s communication may be, in the end, it is western democracies that provide each and every individual with more freedoms and give people the opportunity to live the lives they want.
READ MOREThe truth is what you make of it: The challenges of the post-factual era
12.10.2016The state-controlled Russian media serve as an unprecedented force multiplier. Unable or unwilling to do the job which they are supposed to do – which includes watching carefully over the executive and legislative branches – they have become a tool in a wider Russian strategy.
READ MOREBuild them a house (and a tank ramp): how the Baltic Sea states are accommodating NATO troops.
06.10.2016On the wall in his office at Latvia’s Ministry of Defense, Undersecretary of State for Logistics Aivars Purins has a large map detailing every military facility in the country. These days the map features plenty of additional annotations: locations where Latvia is expanding its military infrastructure. It’s doing so to facilitate the presence of NATO troops.
READ MORETowards Reassurance and Solidarity in the Euro-Atlantic Community
26.01.2016Riga Conference Papers 2015 “Towards Reassurance and Solidar- ity in the Euro-Atlantic Community” is a collection of analytical articles compiled by the Latvian Institute of International A airs (LIIA) for The Riga Conference 2015.
READ MOREThe impact of mass migration of non-EU people on the French culture and society and its consequences for European security
03.11.2015The summer of 2015 is likely to remain one of the last wake-up calls for Europe, as it is confronted to the challenge of an unprecedented unmanaged mass migration from the South.
READ MOREGlobal Security Governance And The Role Of The United States
28.10.2015The discussion of global governance is intrinsically connected to the debate about the international order and distribution of power within it. In contrast to the relatively stable system of global power management of the previous century, contemporary international politics are characterized by volatility, unpredictability, and mutual vulnerability.
READ MORESailing the troubled seas of solidarity: the Mistral conundrum
26.10.2015Tout est bien qui finit bien as the French saying goes - All is well that ends well. This perfectly sums up the drama that unfolded in France surrounding the planned, and eventually cancelled, sale of two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships to Russia.
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