Region: Europe

Dmitriy Trenin: Eighty years after the end of the World War II, the main threat of an armed conflict once again emanates for us from Europe

America steps back, and the Alliance starts to wobble

On the 2026 Parliamentary Elections in Hungary

The outcomes of Friedrich Merz’s visit to China provide for several key conclusions

The situation surrounding Iran fosters a kind of fatalism among all parties—a mind-set that risks defining the geopolitical climate for years to come

Having failed as an architectural idea, European security remains a practical problem for Russia

The practice of value diplomacy is highly dependent on the broader geopolitical constraints within which individual states operate

As the US asserts dominance over the EU with increasing intensity, tensions between the two powers are unlikely to provoke a breakdown in the Western alliance

The issue of internal transformation, taking into account external challenges, remains paramount for the EU

It seems that European allies will be hoping for a change of US administration in the near future

Moscow has sufficient restraint not to slam the door and walk out of negotiations. Such a scenario would play into the hands of its adversaries

Valdai Discussion Club Report