This is the first high-level discussion of this year's Riga Security Forum Podcast Seasons: "Global Security and Democracy in the Shadow of a Pandemic". Traditionally, the event is opened by H.E. Egils Levits, President of Latvia, and Prof. Andris Sprūds, Director of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and Professor at the Riga Stradiņš University. #RSF2021 The discussion in video format is also available on the Forum's website: www.rigasecurityforum.liia.lv. 

The project is the result of successful cooperation between the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, the NATO Public Diplomacy Division, Friedrich-Ebert Foundation, Riga City Council as well as the embassies of Poland, Canada, Spain, and France in Latvia.