Didzis Klavins is a Senior Researcher at the University of Latvia, Faculty of Social Sciences and Advanced Social and Political Research Institute. He is also a guest lecturer at Riga Graduate School of Law (RGSL). Didzis has obtained Ph.D. in International Politics at the University of Latvia (thesis title: Transformation of the Foreign Ministries in the Baltic and Scandinavian Countries, 2004-2012). He holds the Europaeum’s M.A. in European History and Civilisation (with distinction), jointly offered by Leiden University, Université Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne, and the University of Oxford. The title of his thesis was “From Empire to Europe: Sir Harold Nicolson and Anti-Appeasement, 1930–1940”. Didzis Klavins also holds a M.A. (with distinction) and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Latvia. He has also studied at Uppsala University, the University of Oslo, and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. For several years Didzis worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia.