The Institute staff:
Atis Lejiņš, Director
The Latvian Institute of International Affairs (LIIA) was established on 20 May 1992 in Riga as a non-profit foundation charged with the task of providing the people of Latvia with information about international events and Baltic security issues. It is an independent non-governmental institution that organizes lectures, seminars, exchange programmes, issues publications, and conducts research relevant to Baltic security interests.
Advisory Council:
Atis Lejiņš
Director, LIIA
Toms Baumanis
Communications Officer, The World Bank
Jānis Sārts
State Secretary, Latvian MoD
Research programmes carried out by the LIIA
1992–1994
The Baltic States: Search for Security
1995–1996
Small States in a Turbulent Environment: Baltic Perspectives
1997–1998
The First Round Enlargements – Implications for Baltic Security
1998–1999
Baltic Security Prospects at the Turn of the 21st Century
1999–2000
The Main Shortcomings of the Latvian Judiciary (Comparison with Standards and Possibility for Improvement)
2000
An Analysis of Latvian Society Integration Policy
2000
Ensuring Public Support during Accession Negotiations with the EU: Austrian, Finnish and Swedish Experience
2000–2001
The Baltic States, Geopolitics and Regional Cooperation
2002
Latvia’s Accession to the EU: Issues of Information for Pensioners
2002
Analysis of Latvia’s Anti-corruption Policy and Exchange of Knowledge with other EU Candidate Countries (Bulgaria and Romania)
2003
The Border of East Latvia: Potential for Transfrontier Cooperation with Russia
2003
Reform of the Georgian Security Sector
2003
Lobbying in Parlamentary Activities
2004
An Enlarged Europe and Its Neighbourhood Policy: the Eastern Dimension
2005
The EU Eastern Neighbourhood Policy after the Orange Revolution
2006
An Enhanced European Neighbourhood Policy: Questions and Challenges
2007
EU/NATO Relations with Russia and the New Security Situation in the Baltic Sea Region
2008
Energy: Pulling the Baltic Sea Region Countries Together or Pulling Them Apart?
2009
Energy: Pulling the Baltic Sea Region Countries Together or Pulling Them Apart?
The Selection of Candidates for the European Parliament Elections in Latvia