Kaspars Ģērmanis is a Non-Resident Fellow in the Eurasia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI). He is also a researcher at the Center for Geopolitical Studies in Riga. Ģērmanis has two decades of experience in journalism, working both for Latvian and foreign media, with a focus on domestic political news, foreign affairs, and economics. Ģērmanis is also a PhD candidate at Riga Stradins University. He writes about the Europeanization of Ukraine in the context of corruption and the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.