Russian trolls on social networks and media controlled by the Kremlin continue to spread the message that the Baltic states are ‘failed states’ whose ‘industry has only been destroyed after the collapse of the USSR’. The purpose of disseminating such economic messages is to undermine the trust of the citizens of the Baltic states in […]

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 […]

Since December 2019, the project “Disinformation Campaigns against Latvia, the EU and NATO: Exploring Narratives” has been launched at the Centre for East European Policy Studies (CEEPS). The project is supported by the International Republican Institute (IRI). The Internet media is routinely scanned using “Versus”, a media monitoring tool developed by IRI. At the end […]

Since the restoration of Latvia’s independence, national security and defense have not been automatically guaranteed for hundreds of years ahead, so it is important to always be vigilant about our country, emphasized Dr.hist. Ainārs Lerhis, Chairman of the Board of the Centre for Eastern European Policy Studies, speaking at the Lāčplēsis Day torch parade in […]

Latvia’s representatives gained their first diplomatic experience in extremely difficult circumstances – at the end of the First World War, along with the struggle for the proclamation of the State – emphasized Ainārs Lerhis, Chairman of the Board of the Centre for East European Policy Studies,  at a conference organized on Friday, October 25 in […]

It has been two and a half years since one of the leading news portāls in Latvia Delfi.lv publishes a series of articles created by the Centre for East European Policy Studies (CEEPS) “Russian Disinformation – The Case of Latvia”. Since the summer of the Year 2017, articles, which are published monthly, have become readers’ […]

On October 8, Ainars Lerhis, Chairman of the Board of the Center for East European Policy Studies (CEEPS), attended a meeting with representatives of the Russian opposition. During the meeting, topics related to recent municipal elections were discussed, with a particular focus on the obstacles that exist, non-systemic opposition candidates to apply for election. Representatives […]

On September 12, Dominik Wilczewski an analyst at the Instytut Europy Środkowej, was visiting the Centre for East European Policy Studies (CEEPS) to discuss issues related to Latvia’s foreign policy, including relations with Russia, Belarus and Poland, with Ainārs Lerhis, Chairman of the board at CEEPS. The meeting was initiated by a Polish colleague. Since his previous publications have […]