Latvia
Republic of Latvia
Member of EU27, NATO, OECD.
Population
1.9M
GDP
$43.2B
Capital
Riga
Government
Unitary parliamentary republic
Power & politics
Leadership, governance, and democratic trajectory.
Democracy index
7.4 / 10
UN voting record
How Latvia votes at the UN General Assembly — ideological trajectory, voting partners, topic patterns, and key recent roll calls.
Ideological trajectory
Voting summary
No votes recorded for this period yet.
Bloc alignment
Bloc alignment data not available yet.
Top voting partners
Topic-level voting
Source: Erik Voeten, “United Nations General Assembly Voting Data”, Harvard Dataverse (CC0). Aggregated by Model Diplomat. Last refresh tracked in profile freshness.
Foreign policy
Bilateral posture, key relationships, and live diplomatic statements.
Foreign Policy
Latvia's foreign policy is anchored in NATO collective defense, EU integration, and transatlantic partnership. The country has been a strong advocate for maintaining NATO's enhanced forward presence in the Baltics and has steadily increased defense spending to meet and exceed the 2% of GDP target.
Key priorities include deterring Russian aggression, supporting Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, strengthening EU cohesion, and advancing the Three Seas Initiative for infrastructure connectivity in Central and Eastern Europe. Latvia is also active in Nordic-Baltic cooperation (NB8 format) and development cooperation in Eastern Partnership countries.
MUN Delegate Guide
As Latvia, speak from the experience of a nation that lived under occupation for half a century and rebuilt its sovereignty through peaceful means. This gives you unique moral authority on self-determination, territorial integrity, and the dangers of appeasement.
Coordinate tightly with Estonia and Lithuania (the Baltic trio is one of the most cohesive blocs in multilateral diplomacy), with Nordic partners, and with NATO and EU allies, especially the US, Canada, and the UK.
Advocate strongly for NATO deterrence, collective defense, and support for Ukraine. Raise concerns about hybrid warfare, disinformation, and minority rights manipulation by hostile states. Latvia's experience managing a large Russian-speaking minority while maintaining sovereignty is instructive for many countries. On economic issues, support EU digital and energy integration.
Treaties & memberships
UN multilateral treaty positions and IGO memberships.
International Organizations
Society & economy
Macro-economic snapshot and demographic context.
GDP (nominal)
$43.2B
GDP per capita
$23,000
Currency
Euro (EUR)
HDI
0.88
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