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Latvia ’ s EU Integration Strategy into the 21 st Century

Why is integration into the EU and NATO chosen as the cornerstone of Latvia’s foreign policy and security-building? In the international system a state’s security policy depends on its geographical location and on the distribution of power. Given that Latvia is a newly re-established small state, which is located next to a very large state – Russia – its attempt to integrate into European and transatlantic security structures is a simple matter of survival. If we consider Latvia’s security environment, it is quite clear that it has been placed between two poles: Russia, which is looking for its place in the post Cold War European and world order; and the West, with its traditional democracies, which also have to adjust their structures to new international realities.