Evija Djatkovica

Riga Stradins University | rsu · Department of Political Science

This report advocates for the Central Asian vector as one of the most promising in the Global Gateway. It calls for the development of an EU-led post-New Silk Road, rooted in the values set out by the Global Gateway and the interests of both the EU and Central Asian countries. An EU-led post- New Silk Road would involve – but would not be limited t...

This publication assesses implications of the post-2020 Belarus for Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland, as well as for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization collectively. Chapters on Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish perceptions are also supplemented by perspectives from Russia and Belarus.

The book “Critical infrastructure in the Baltic states and Norway: strategies and practices of protection and communication” takes on the examination of the issue of critical infrastructure in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Norway. It explores the approaches of all four countries to protecting and communicating critical infrastructure.

Geographic proximity, historic ties, and Russia’s geopolitical interests expose Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia to Russian influence that reaches far beyond the financial impact. In Latvia, Russian corrosive capital typically takes hold in strategically important economic sectors in the form of non-transparent business transactions engaging local polit...

The 2020 Belarus’ post-election crisis took the international community by surprise. A half year has passed since the first of the massive protests took place in Minsk. Protests endure, so does the widespread and violent crackdown by the Belarusian authorities. Meanwhile, international attention has partly switched to other crises. In light of this...

The chapter summarizes the findings of the monitoring and analysis of the Baltic country coverage in the Russian online niche media (www.topwar.ru; www.rg.ru; www.rosbalt.ru; www.fontanka.ru; www.expert.ru) May-December 2021. Some of the findings are: The three Baltic countries are portrayed as hysteric and hostile in the Russian online niche med...