Leadership

Karlis Bukovskis

Director

Dr. Karlis BUKOVSKIS is the Director of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and an Associate Professor at Riga Stradins University...

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Sintija Broka

Deputy Director

Sintija Broka serves as the Deputy Director and Head of the Middle East Research Program at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs. S...

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Researchers

Aleksandra Palkova

Head of the European Union Research Programme

Aleksandra Palkova is the Head of the EU Programme at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, where she oversees projects under the H...

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Una Aleksandra Berzina-Cerenkova

Head of the Asia Research Programme

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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Imants Liegis

Head of the Security Programme

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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Beate Livdanska

Beate Livdanska holds a Master's degree in international relations and a Bachelor's degree in political science from Riga Stradiņš University...

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Albine Hlopnicka

Junior Researcher

Albīne Hlopņicka is a student at Rīga Stradiņš University in the master's program "International Relations and Diplomacy" and a Junior Resear...

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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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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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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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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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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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Justine Elferte

Justine Elferte is a researcher at LIIA. She is a PMI certified project manager with vast experience in large-scale strategic projects. In he...

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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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Vineta Kleinberga

Vineta Kleinberga is a researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and a Researcher and a Lecturer at the Faculty of Europea...

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Sara Elizabete Vinberga

Junior Researcher

Sara Elizabete Vinberga is a junior researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs. Sara Elizabete is an International Relation...

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Dana Duda

Dana Dūda is an Affiliate Researcher at RSU's China Studies Centre, with an academic background and over a decade of professional experience ...

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Rebeka Zvirbule

Junior Researcher

Rebeka Zvirbule is a third-year student at Riga Stradiņš University in the Bachelor's program "International Relations - European Studies" an...

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Advisory Board

Rihards Kols

Member of Advisory Board

Rihards Kols is a member of the European Parliament. He is a Member of the 14th Saeima (the Parliament) of the Republic of Latvia since his r...

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Andris Spruds

Member of Advisory Board

Dr. Andris SPRUDS is a Member of Advisory Board and former Director of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs. He is a Minister for D...

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Atis Lejins

Member of Advisory Board

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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Associated researchers

Reinhard Krumm

Dr. Reinhard Krumm is an associated researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs. was born in Hamburg, Germany. From 1991 to ...

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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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Marts Eduards Ivaskis

Marts Eduards Ivaskis is an associate researcher at the Latvian Institute of Foreign Affairs, and a lawyer at the Department of European Affa...

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Ingvars Kudeikins

Ingvars Kudeikins is a student in the Master's program "International Governance and Diplomacy" at Riga Stradins University and is a Senior E...

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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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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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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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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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Jason C. Moyer

Jason C. Moyer is a foreign policy analyst with over 9 years of experience specializing in transatlantic relations, transatlantic security, t...

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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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