January 2020 Dr.hist Ainars Lerhis, the Chairman of the Board at the Centre for East European Policy Studies (CEEPS) ceases to hold this post  in order to devote more time in his professional career to research in history. From now on, CEEPS will be led by Māris Cepurītis, who has long been a researcher at this research center. Mr Lerhis, who has been Chairman of the Board since the establishment of the CEEPS in 2006, will continue as a senior researcher at the research center. Lerhis would like to thank all colleagues and partners for their successful cooperation in recent years.