War and vacation in Europe

The unified position taken by the Baltic States, Poland and Ukraine has marked out a new form of cooperation that is dictated by the actual events. This can be seen as a good starting point for coming together to seek out ways of reducing the split between European countries, and convincing th...

Learning to welcome. The integration of imigrants in Latvia and Poland

Year: 2008Author: Dace Akule, Rita Kasa, Iveta Kesane, Thomas Huddleston, Mirosław Bieniecki, Piotr KaźmierkiewiczInstitution: PROVIDUSLanguage: English

EU should make Georgia’s early membership of NATO a top priority, and press for international, impartial peacekeeping forces in South Ossetia and Abkhazia

Beyond EU Enlargement-Creating a United European Commonwealth

Year: 2008Author: John PalmerOrganisation: Sussex European Institute, University of SussexLanguage: English

Neither Multiculturalism, nor Nationalism

In a context of growing social inequalities, there are more urgent and important tasks than trying to preserve or enforce national or minority culture.

NATO: Back to the Future

Georgia's moving closer to NATO is not compatible with good relationship between NATO and Russia.  If Georgia joins the alliance, the relationship may become reminiscent of the Cold War.

Love, Marriage and Ministry of Foreign Affairs

It turns out that love is not a good enough reason for marriage. What is then? “Long-term relationship,” a Foreign Ministry official informed me.

Crime and Punishment. Or simply PR?

Is It Really State Business?

By using commercial rationale to justify the closure of a public TV show  the frontier between public and private media become blurred.

Manufacturing Enemy Images. Russian Media Portrayal of Latvia

Year: 2008Authors: (eds.) Nils MUižnieks, Toms Rostoks, Dmitrijs Petrenko, Kristīne Doroņenkova, Solvita DenisOrganization: University of Latvia, Social and Political Research Institute Language: English