Valdai Club Discusses Changes in the Asian Region
Jakarta

On November 27, Jakarta hosted a Regional Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club in partnership with The Habibie Center, entitled “What are Asia’s Goals in the Asian Century?”

The Valdai Discussion Club discussed changes in the Asian region and prospects for Russia’s involvement in these processes.

The countries of Asia have achieved fantastic levels of economic and social progress, and the world’s center of gravity has shifted to the Asia-Pacific region. The Emerging and Developing Asia has become a new driver of global economic growth. Since the end of the 20th century, the region has been developing under the slogan, “Asia for the World,” while the world has been searching for ways of benefiting from the Asian economic miracle. Today, Asian economies are reaching an entirely new level. The aspiration for economic growth itself is coupled with concerns about the quality of growth and measures to mitigate internal differences and social gaps. As a result, national development models require reconsideration. Asia is also becoming a platform for the active construction of international institutions, many of which are capable of influencing the world system and the balance of forces.

The goal of the Valdai Discussion Club’s conference, which brought together leading Russian and foreign scientists and intellectuals, diplomats, business people and public figures, was to find an answer to the key questions that the changes in Asia are posing: how can this part of the world develop further and, of course, what are the prospects for Russia’s involvement in this development? How can national and regional development be adapted to the challenges in the chaotic global system? Will the Asian economy reach new standards of quality suitable for the growing consumer class? What is Russia’s role in the regional development and how do regional players perceive Russia? These and other questions were addressed by political and economic experts, who included:

- Prince Norodom Sirivudh, Co-Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993-1997), Privy Counselor to His Majesty the King; Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace;

- Carolina G. Hernandez, Founding President and Chairwoman of the Board, Philippines Institute for Strategic and Development Studies;

- Rahimah Abdulrahim, Executive Director of The Habibie Center;

- Alexey Volin, Deputy Minister of Communications and Mass Media of Russia;

- Georgy Toloraya, Executive Director of the Russian National Committee on BRICS Research;

- Alexander Lukin, Director of the Center for East Asian and SCO Studies, MGIMO.


PROGRAMME: What are Asia’s Goals in the Asian Century?



Results of the Jakarta Conference: Participants' Opinions


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Image Gallery. Debating Russia and Asia: Valdai Club Conference in Jakarta




Jakarta Conference Session 1. Asia’s Socio-Economic Profile: From Quality to Quantity

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Jakarta Conference Session 2. Security Risks and Neutralization Strategies




Georgy Toloraya. Security Situation in Northeast Asia: A Case Study of the Korean Problem.
An abstract of the presentation at Session 2

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Jakarta Conference Session 3. Asia for Russia and Russia for Asia

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Participants' Expectations




Infographics: Russia-ASEAN Trade Turnover in 2012-2015




Infographics: Regional Forums With Participation of ASEAN and Russia





Infographics: Chronology of the Territorial Conflicts in the South China Sea

 


What Does Asia Want? Interview with Fyodor Lukyanov, Research Director of the Valdai Discussion Club, on the highlights of the upcoming forum.




Valdai Paper #34: The Background and Prospects of the Evolution of China’s Foreign Strategies in the New Century

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Valdai Paper #33: Kissinger’s Nightmare: How an Inverted US-China-Russia May Be Game-Changer

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Valdai Paper #30: The Prospects of International Economic Order in Asia Pacific: Japan’s Perspective





Valdai Paper #1: What Asia Wants, or the “Four C’s”: Consumption, Connectivity, Capital & Creativity