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19/04/2013

Valdai Club Middle East Dialogue will Re-Convene in Morocco

4th annual conference of the Middle East Dialogue of the Valdai International Discussion Club, titled “Islam in Politics: Ideology or Pragmatism?”, will take place in Marrakesh, Morocco, on May 14-15.

12/03/2013

Valdai Club and Carleton University held a second joint conference

Issues of commonalities and differences in the Muslim communities of Russia and Canada, as well as problems of their integration into the legal frameworks of their respective countries, were the main topics of discussion at the conference Muslims in Russia, the CIS, and Canada: Cohabitation and Cooperation

01/03/2013

Valdai Club and Carleton University to make another joint project

The conference Muslims in Russia, the CIS, and Canada: Cohabitation and Cooperation presented by Carleton’ Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, the Department of Political Science, the Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam, and the Valdai Discussion Club is to be held on March 8, 2013 at the Carleton University, Ottawa.

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11:33 24/01/2013
Russia’s Economy: after Transformation, before Modernization

Russia’s Economy: after Transformation, before Modernization

The analytical report “Russia’s Economy: after Transformation, before Modernization” was prepared after discussions at the Valdai Discussion Club Summit held on October 21–22, 2012. The report incorporates many of the conclusions on Russia’s political development contained in the 2011 Valdai report “Russia Should Not Miss Its Chance: Development Scenarios”.

17:00 08/11/2012
Valdai Index 2011-2012

Russia Development Index 2011-2012 (Valdai Index)

The Russia Development Index (Valdai Index) reflects the combined opinion of the world's leading experts on Russia as regards Russia’s political, economic, social, cultural and international performance. The annual poll aims to study changes in Russia’s development trends over a year. It is important that respondents assess not the current situation, but changes.

12:54 19/07/2012
Report Military Reform

Military Reform: Toward the New Look of the Russian Army

The analytical report “Military Reform: Toward the New Look of the Russian Army” summarizes the results of the conference of the Valdai Discussion Club Defense and Security section titled “Modernization of Russia’s Armed Forces and Cooperation in International Security” which was held on May 25-27, 2011 in Moscow.

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Jan Carnogursky

CARNOGURSKY, Jan

Former Deputy Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia and former Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic. Member of the Valdai Discussion Club.

Hélène Carrère d'Encausse

CARRÈRE D'ENCAUSSE, Hélène

Permanent Secretary of the French Academy; Foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

CAŞIN, Mesut Hakkı

CAŞIN, Mesut Hakkı

Professor of Yeditepe University International Relations Department.

Samuel Charap

CHARAP, Samuel

Associate Director for Russia and Eurasia; Fellow, National Security and International Policy Program, IISS.

Stanislav Chernyavsky

CHERNYAVSKY, Stanislav

Director of the Center for Post-Soviet Studies at Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

Giulietto Chiesa

CHIESA, Giulietto

Professional journalist; former Member of the European parliament (2004-2009).

Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Chizhov

CHIZHOV, Vladimir

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU.

Ariel Cohen

COHEN, Ariel

Senior Research Fellow, Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Security, The Heritage Foundation. Member of the Valdai Discussion Club.

James Collins

COLLINS, James

Director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Timothy J. Colton

COLTON, Timothy

Feldberg Professor of Government at Harvard University and Director of Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. Member of the Valdai Discussion Club Advisory Board.

 

Stories

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The current contract portfolio of Russian arms exporters is worth about $46 billion. Annual exports total $15 billion, and this will ensure uninterrupted deliveries for the next three years, even in the worst-case scenario. The list of the main buyers of Russian weapons is unlikely to change drastically.

CIA agent detained in Moscow

Will the spy scandal fan anti-American sentiment in Russia?

Moscow views the incident as falling within the boundaries of traditional rivalry between the secret services of both superpowers.

President Vladimir Putin (right) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netranyahu attending a joint press-conference at the Bocharov Ruchei presidential residence in Sochi, May 14, 2013.

Russia – Israel: The status of their relationship

In light of the present situation in the Middle East, Russia and Israel find themselves facing common challenges. Under these newly emerging situations, Russia sees its partnership with Israel as a potential asset in resolving acute regional issues. From a Russian perspective, the compatibility of Israeli and Russian interests could contribute to such a partnership.

A protester and Egyptian army tanks blocking Cairo's central Tahrir Square

Failure of Islamists in the Middle East could return military to power

The failure of the Islamist political parties who came to power in the dramatic events of the Arab Spring would allow the military to reenter the political arena. Political Islam was successful in the opposition, but it could fail in power, as the negative experience of Egypt and Iraq have shown.

 


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