Ed. by Karlis Bukovskis. “Euroscepticism in Small EU Member States”. Riga: Latvian Institute of International Affairs, 2016. – 160 p.
The book “Euroscepticism in Small EU Member States” is an effort by an international team of analysts to address the Euroscepticism phenomenon in small European Union Member States. It draws the general conclusions that the observed small countries of different enlargement periods, namely, Luxembourg, Ireland, Portugal, Finland, Latvia, Bulgaria and Croatia, are realists in terms of reckoning the political and economic gains from the membership and future amendments of the EU policies. Although Eurosceptic ideas are not unfamiliar in any of the countries, calls for exiting the European Union are marginalized. The book is the result of successful collaboration between the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
Ed. by Andris Sprūds, Diāna Potjomkina. “Coping with Complexity in the Euro-Atlantic Community and Beyond: Rīga Conference Papers 2016”. Riga: Latvian Institute of International Affairs, 2016. – 276 p.
This Riga Conference companion volume offers reflections on the complex developments and future of the broader Trans-Atlantic area. It focuses on four key themes: security in the Euro-Atlantic community and beyond, Russia-West relations, European order and economic sustainability, and the neighborhood countries and beyond. This project is managed by the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, supported by the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and NATO Public Diplomacy Division, and carried out in cooperation with the Latvian Transatlantic Organization. The Rīga Conference is organized jointly by the Latvian Transatlantic Organization, the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia.
Ed. By Andris Sprūds, Diāna Potjomkina, Valters Ščerbinskis. “Latvia’s Foreign Policy Centenary: Ideas and Personalities” In 2016, in the framework of the project Latvia’s foreign policy centenary the Latvian Institute of International Affairs created the first of the three planned book volumes – it is dedicated to the key ideas and personalities in the hundred years of independent Latvia’s foreign policy. This book, integrating a broad outlook on the development of Latvia’s foreign policy ideas with a review of key personalities, is the first such volume in Latvia.
Trilogy comprised by this first volume as well as planned volumes on key centenary events (2017) and modern Latvia’s foreign policy (2018) will strengthen knowledge and understanding on Latvia in the international environment, showing broader tendencies and demonstrating links between various periods in the development of Latvia’s foreign policy thinking.
Ed. by Māris Andžāns, Ilvija Bruģe. “The Baltic Sea Region: Hard and Soft Security Reconsidered”. Rīga: Latvian Institute of International Affairs, 2016. – 208 p.
The Baltic Sea region has experienced profound alterations since the Cold War, and the region’s course of evolution is likely to continue as such. The book “The Baltic Sea Region: Hard and Soft Security Reconsidered” provides a collection of opinions that assess the current situation both in the military as well as non-military fields, with a particular focus on the aftermath of the 2016 NATO Warsaw summit and the state of the play of the regional infrastructure interconnections. The book is the result of successful collaboration between the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, the Public Diplomacy Division of NATO, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Ed. by Māris Andžāns, Uģis Romanovs. “Digital Infantry Battlefield Solution. Introduction to Ground Robotics”
The book consists of collection of opinions by various authors from different countries and diverse research backgrounds to provide a multi-faceted review of the development of unmanned ground systems (UGS) in military use from different perspectives – to cover both the retrospective and prospective development of UGS as well as the current issues and challenges from military, technical and legal perspectives.
In the book, a range of authors provide a multi-faceted review of the development of unmanned ground systems from different perspectives – to cover both the retrospective and prospective development of such systems, as well as the current issues and challenges from military, technical and legal perspectives.