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Future of European Security and Russia-Ukraine Peace Efforts: Latvia Foreign Minister Baiba Braze
Amidst ongoing U.S. efforts to mediate a Russia–Ukraine peace and the release of a new U.S. national security strategy that has sent shockwaves through Europe, I’m sitting down with the foreign minister of Latvia, Baiba Braze, to get her unique perspective.
Latvia is a small Baltic country bordering Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia. In the 1940s, the Soviets occupied Latvia and its neighboring countries—a reality that has made Latvia hyper-vigilant against potential Russian expansionism.
Latvia joined both the EU and NATO in 2004, alongside Lithuania and Estonia.
Latvia is one of the…
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