Useful Resources
Report on the Implementation of the Objectives of the National Defence Education and Youth Guard Law and Its Impact on Target Groups. (2026). Civitta. Available at (in Latvian): https://www.jc.gov.lv/sites/jic/files/document/VAM_JS_likuma_ex-post_zinojums.pdf
Riga Stradins University. Project “Why People Would (Not) Fight for Their Own Country in a War? NATO Member States at a Cross-Section” (RSU-ZG-2024/1-0001, 01.07.2024. - 31.03.2026.). Available at: https://www.rsu.lv/en/project/why-people-would-not-fight-their-own-country-war-nato-member-states-cross-section
Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences. Project “Patriots and Nationalists: Cognition, Attitudes, and Their Impact on the Development of Democratic Civil Society” (Nr. LZP-2022/1-0456, 01.01.2023. - 31.12.2025.). Available at: https://va.lv/en/projects/patriots-and-nationalists-cognition-attitudes-and-their-impact-on-the-development-of-democratic-civil-society-patriotism
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