ICHD Executive Director participated in "Riga Conference 2010" on September 10-11, 2010.

The issues of the economic impact on Transatlantic Security challenges, the prospects for economic development in the Baltic Sea region after returning economic and financial stability, challenges in the energy sector and the transformation of NATO were raised during the first day of the Conference. The second day was devoted to questioning the common strategy towards Europe's contested neighborhood, asking whether a reset policy towards Russia has succeeded and deciding the best exit strategy by the allies for Afghanistan.

For the five years, this annual conference has been organized by the Latvian transatlantic Organization, the Ministry of Defense of Latvia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia.