In cooperation with the Latvian Institute of International Affairs the presentation and the discussion of the policy brief: "Baltic and Nordic Responses to the 2020 Post-Election Crisis in Belarus" will be held on April 8, 2021, from 15:00 - 16:30, online in Facebook and www.eng.lsm.lv. Working language - English.
The policy brief takes on and compares the reactions of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden in light of the Belarus 2020 post-election crisis and assesses implications for the bilateral and multilateral cooperation of the Baltics and Nordics with Belarus.
The programme:
Introduction
Andris Sprūds, Director of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, Professor at the Riga Stradiņš University
Stefan Eriksson, Director of the Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Latvia
Presentation of the policy brief outcomes
Evija Djatkoviča, Researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and Riga Stradiņš University
Discussion between
Franak Viačorka, Senior Advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, Jean Monnet Chair professor of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science (IIRPS), Vilnius University
Andžejs Viļumsons, Director of the First Bilateral Relations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia
Hans Wallmark, Swedish parliamentarian, former president of the Nordic Council (tbc)
