CONFERENCE
The guest lecture by Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman is scheduled for students of the bachelor’s programme “Political Science” and the master’s programme “European Studies and Economic Diplomacy,” but other students may also attend upon prior registration.
In his address at UL, Mr. Grlić Radman will speak about Croatia’s role in the European Union, explain the political and economic dimensions of its foreign policy, and share his perspective on regional and European security challenges. This will be a unique opportunity to hear directly from an experienced politician and diplomat, whose insights will help to better understand both the internal and external dynamics of the European Union, as well as Croatia’s place and significance in the international arena.
At the end of the lecture, time will be reserved for questions from the audience and discussion. The lecture will be delivered in English.
During his visit to Latvia, Mr. Grlić Radman will also meet with the President of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baiba Braže, as well as Members of Parliament, and will visit the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence.
Gordan Grlić Radman is a Croatian politician and diplomat who has served as Croatia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs since July 2019. From 2017 to 2019, he was Croatia’s Ambassador to Germany, and from 2012 to 2017, to Hungary.
He received his higher education in 1982 at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb. In 1991, he graduated from the Institute for Management Development in Bern, and in 2002 earned a master’s degree in International Relations at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb. In 2007, he defended his doctoral dissertation on “Neutrality and the New European Security Architecture” at the same institution. Mr. Grlić Radman is fluent in several languages – in addition to his native Croatian, he speaks German, English, Bulgarian, and Hungarian.
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