For the past several decades, our world has become a more chaotic and dangerous place
On October 5, 2023, the leading experts on global politics from Russia and around the world convened at the Valdai discussion club meeting to exchange opinions on the changes and challenges that the current international order is going through.
What distinguishes the aforementioned event from the multitude other of that sort is the new vision for the common future we all, Russia and Canada included, shall live...
Russia’s policy towards is neighbours is based on three factors: the traditional power component, the existence of a common geopolitical space, and a common history
Russia’s policy towards is neighbours is based on three factors: the traditional power component, the existence of a common geopolitical space, and a common history. The main component in international politics is the balance of forces, but geography and ties that have developed over centuries are no less important in this particular...
What Happened at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club?
As a long-standing member of the Valdai Discussion Club, I have the privilege of being there in person when the President of the Russian Federation gives his annual “Sochi” speech. As a rule, these speeches mainly touch upon foreign policy and are directed, urbi et orbi, at both Russian and foreign experts, journalists and politicians. One advantage of being at the meeting is that it gives attendees the opportunity to not only...
On May 21, 2019, the Sixth European Conference of the Valdai Club was held in Vienna (Austria).
On May 21, 2019, the
Sixth European Conference of the Valdai Club
was held in Vienna (Austria).
The conference was attended by Alexander Grushko, Konstantin Kosachev, Fyodor Lukyanov, Ivan Timofeev, and Alexander ...
On October 18, 2017, the fourth session of the XIV Valdai Discussion Club took place focusing on the issues of universalism and self-identity. The participants discussed globalization processes that started after the end of the Cold War, and the reaction towards them in the form of activation of identity politics and determination to strengthen the unique self-identification.
On October 18, 2017, the fourth session of the
XIV Valdai Discussion Club
took place focusing on the issues of universalism...
On October 24-27, 2016 Sochi hosted the
13
th
annual meeting of the Valdai international Discussion Club
, co-founded by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC). The theme of the conference in 2016 was “The Future in Progress: Shaping the World of Tomorrow.”
The forum was attended by RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov; RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev; member of the RIAC Board of Trustees Anatoly Torkunov, Rector of MGIMO-University; member of the RIAC Board of Trustees...
On March 22, 2016 an open discussion “108 Soft Power Elements of Russian Universities on the Internet” took place at the venue of the Valdai International Discussion Club. The discussion was devoted to the publication of the English version of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) report “
Electronic Internationalization: English-Language Online Resources of Russian Universities
.”
In his opening speech RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev told the participants about...
On March 15, 2016 the
Valdai International Discussion Club
and the
European Council on Foreign Relations
held in Moscow a meeting of the EU-Russia Strategy Group.
The meeting, attended by experts, diplomats, former government officials, and journalists from EU countries and Russia, discussed the current relations between Russia and the EU, the issues of mutual perception, the prospects for overcoming the ongoing crisis in Russian-European relations and for cooperation between Moscow and Brussels...
On February 3, 2016 members of the Valdai International Discussion Club met in Moscow with former US Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger. The meeting was attended by several RIAC members, namely Chairman of the Board of Directors of ABH Holdings S.A. and member of the Board of Directors of Alfa-Bank (Russia) Petr Aven; RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov; Director of RAS Institute of Oriental Studies and RAS Corresponding Member Vitaly Naumkin; and Dmitry Peskov, Deputy Head of the RF Presidential...
The main points of “Putin’s Plan” as he presented it at the Valdai Club
The latest meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club (its 12th) took place in Sochi. As always, the participants talked about a wide range of issues in contemporary international life, arguing about recent – and not so recent – history,...
