Advisory Board

Andris Spruds

Member of Advisory Board

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Post box Pils street 21, Riga, LV-1050, Republic of Latvia Postal address at Riga Stradins University: 16 Dzirciema Street, Riga, LV-1007, Republic of Latvia

Dr. Andris SPRUDS is a Member of Advisory Board and former Director of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs. He is a Minister for Defence of the Republic of Latvia. He also holds the position of professor at Riga Stradins University. Andris Spruds has an MA in Central European History from the CEU in Budapest, Hungary and in International Relations from University of Latvia. He has also obtained a PhD in Political Science from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. Andris Spruds has been a visiting student and scholar at Oxford, Uppsala, Columbia and Johns Hopkins University, as well as the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Japan's Institute of Energy Economics. His research interests focus on energy security and policy in the Baltic Sea region, the domestic and foreign policy of post-Soviet countries, and transatlantic relations.