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Artis Pabriks

Deputy Prime Minister for Comprehensive Defence, Minister of Defence of Latvia

Dr Pabriks is serving his second term as the Minister of Defence; the first was from 2010 to 2014. In 2004, he was elected as a member of the Latvian Parliament and later as Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 2014, he was elected to the European Parliament at the European elections. As an academic, the main fields of his research activity are political theory, ethnic policy, multiculturalism, and foreign and security policy. He is also the author and co-author of numerous publications on these topics. In 1996, Dr Pabriks received his PhD in Political Science at Aarhus University and in the same year became the first Rector of Vidzeme University College, later becoming a professor there. He has been a professor at Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration since 2010. He has also worked as a policy analyst and researcher in several NGOs.
Subjects:
Baltic states, Defence, Deterrence, Economy, Europe, European Union, France, Germany, Migration, NATO, Nordic-Baltic region, Russia, Security
Updated: March 25, 2022

Agenda

Baltic states, Deterrence, European Union, NATO, Russia, Security
Trusting Who We Are: Baltic Regional Security
LMC 2022
Europe, France, Germany
Unity of Principles: France and Germany in a Changing Europe
LMC 2019
Europe, European Union, Migration
Sense and Sensibility: Europe’s Refugee Politics in Crisis
LMC 2016
Economy, Nordic-Baltic region, Security
Regional Effort, Global Impact? Nordic-Baltic Security and Co-operation in Times of Austerity
LMC 2012
NATO, Nordic-Baltic region, Security
Nordic-Baltic Security Co-operation: Supplementing or Supplanting NATO?
LMC 2011

Side events

Defence, Nordic-Baltic region, Security
Nordic-Baltic Security Architecture

The significance of the Baltic Sea Region to European security has increased. The military-strategic situation in the region has deteriorated and the region has become less secure. The complexity and scale of the challenges at hand means that no European state can face them alone.…

LMC 2019

In the news

Artis Pabriks: "No queremos alto el fuego en Ucrania"

La Vanguardia, May 27, 2022

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POLITICO, May 16, 2022

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