List of Latvia articles
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Mandarin language teacher Liu Mei gestures at the blackboard at the Confucius Institute in Sierra Leone during a class for students in Freetown. The Fight Over Language, From Haiti to Kyrgyzstan
Reads on one of the most powerful tools of imperialism.
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A man with a dirty face and hands in workman's clothes and cap smokes a cigarette in front of a blue train with Cyrillic type on ti. The Soviet Trains That Sidetracked the Baltic States
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were isolated from Europe, but now there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
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A cyclist passes the Freedom Monument during at a photo exhibition showing historical pictures of the Baltic Way human chain. History Shows Giving Land to Russia Won’t Bring Peace
The long record of Russian and Soviet occupations does not bode well for negotiations.
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The new Latvian president, Edgars Rinkevics, looks at the camera while sitting at a desk at a press conference. Rinkevics is a middle-aged man wearing a gray suit, blue tie, and glasses. His hands are clasped on the table in front of him. Latvia’s New President Wants a Clean Break With the Soviet Past
Eastern Europe’s first openly gay head of state looks to firmly plant the country in the West.
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A U.S. Bradley Fighting Vehicle is seen behind a U.S. flag during during a training session by U.S. soldiers in Nowa Deba, Poland. NATO’s Got a New Backbone
It’s time for the United States to prioritize members of the alliance that understand the Russian threat and are taking it seriously.
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Latvian President Egils Levits, Slovakian President Zuzana Caputova, U.S. President Joe Biden, Polish President Andrzej Duda, and other participants leave the podium after posing for a group photo in Warsaw. Ukraine Has Shifted Europe’s East-West Fault Line
Eastern Europe is in the driver’s seat. The West should buckle up.
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About 500 pupils and their parents protest against the language education reform in front of the parliament in Latvia on Feb 10, 2005. Latvia Is Going on Offense Against Russian Culture
The Baltic nation is taking cultural cohesion into its own hands—and risking backlash.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with Latvian President Egils Levits. Latvian President: Only the West’s Weakness Can Provoke Russia
Egils Levits talks about military aid for Ukraine, a special tribunal for Russian war crimes, and how to respond to nuclear blackmail.
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French soldiers during a NATO drill in Estonia Baltic States Are Pushing NATO for More Than Just a Tripwire Against Russia
Moscow’s neighbors in NATO want larger troop deployments that could deter any more land grabs by Putin.
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Tanks are shown on a snowy, barren field. NATO Is Dangerously Exposed in the Baltic
Don’t listen to Russia. NATO needs to bolster, not downsize, its flimsy defenses.
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Soldiers take part in the NATO military exercise "Winter Shield" in Latvia. Baltic Citizens Worry They’re Next on Russia’s Menu
Moscow’s aggression has stirred old fears in its neighbors.
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Migrant children peer through a barbed wire fence as security forces in riot gear on the other side look back at them. The Poland-Belarus Border Crisis Is a Harbinger of the Future
The crisis is a window into the pitfalls of prevailing migration politics.
