The National Security Concept
(informative section)
1. Introduction
The National Security Concept (hereinafter – the Concept) is a document based on the
Analysis of Threats to the State that includes the basic strategic principles and priorities for the
prevention of threats to the state that have to be considered while developing new documents for
policy planning, regulatory enactments, and action plans regarding national security.
The Analysis of Threats to the State and this Concept include information about factors that
directly and significantly affect the national security of the Republic of Latvia and are linked to
changes in the international security environment, military activities near the Latvian border,
tendencies of international terrorism, cyber security, as well as attempts of separate countries to
influence the unity of Latvian society, the direction of foreign affairs and internal stability by
creating political, humanitarian, informative, and economic pressure.
The Concept includes the main priorities for prevention of relevant threats. Policy created by
the state administrative bodies, planned and implemented measures, as well as mutual
cooperation regarding national security must be based on the priorities laid out in the Concept.
The Cabinet of Ministers develops the National Defence Plan that is based on the priorities
outlined in the Concept. The plan includes measures and tools for prevention and neutralising of
the specific threat.
2. National Security and National Security Policy
National security is a state, attained as a result of joint, purposeful measures implemented by
the country, that ensures improvement of internal and external security of the Republic of Latvia,
as well as improves general abilities and readiness for detection, prevention, and overcoming of
threats to the national security.
The national security of the Republic of Latvia includes dimensions of interconnected internal
and external policies. The dimension of external policy is characterised by the current
international security environment, its changes, and external threats. On the other hand, the
dimension of internal policy is characterised by provision of fundamental values established in
the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia, as well as a strong civil society that has a unified
understanding about its value orientation, the identity of the Republic of Latvia in regard to the