Relationship dossier
Latvia
United States
Relationship assessment
Close security partners, anchored by NATO and sustained U.S. support for Latvia’s defense
Latvia toward United States
+75Latvia contributes to NATO’s collective defense and has participated in NATO and U.S.-led international missions, including in Afghanistan. These actions reflect sustained security cooperation with the United States.
United States toward Latvia
+80The United States has supported Latvia’s sovereignty and security, including through the 1998 U.S.-Baltic Charter, Latvia’s integration into NATO, and military cooperation and deployments in the Baltic region.
Overall relationship
+80The relationship is anchored by a durable shared security framework: Latvia’s NATO membership and U.S. commitments to allied defense. U.S. support for Latvia’s sovereignty and security, together with Latvia’s participation in allied missions, reinforces a close strategic partnership.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Latvia and the United States have a close, durable security partnership. NATO membership anchors their cooperation, alongside U.S. military support and presence in the Baltic region and Latvia’s contributions to U.S.-led and NATO missions. The 1998 U.S.-Baltic Charter also affirmed U.S. support for Latvia’s sovereignty and integration into Western institutions.
Key developments
The United States and the Baltic states signed the U.S.-Baltic Charter, affirming support for their sovereignty and Western integration.
Latvia joined NATO, placing its defense within the alliance’s collective-defense framework with the United States.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and terms of current bilateral defense cooperation are not detailed here.
- The extent of Latvia’s present contributions to U.S.-led or NATO operations may have changed over time.