Sara Elizabete Vinberga is a junior researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs. Sara Elizabete is an International Relations Master's students at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Obtained a Bachelor's degree in political science at Riga Stradins University (RSU). Former exchange student at the American University in Bulgaria, and was also an intern at the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in the Kingdom of Sweden. Academic interests include Arctic regional politics, European regional security politics and Nordic politics.