Valērijs Bodnieks will defend his doctoral dissertation on 11 April at 15:00 in an open meeting of the RSU Political Science Degree Committee on Zoom. His dissertation is titled 'Transformation of the Cognitive Script of Latvia’s Defence Sector on the Common Security and Defence Policy of the European Union (2004–2020)'.

Official reviewers

• Dr. sc. pol., Prof. Andris Sprūds, Rīga Stradiņš University
• Dr. sc. pol., Assoc. Prof. Ieva Bērziņa, Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, National Defence Academy of Latvia
• Dr. sc. pol., Assoc. Prof. Margarita Šešelgyte, Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science (Lithuania)