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Valdai-2014. The World Order: New Rules or a Game Without Rules

Sochi, Russia

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New Rules or No Rules? The Annual Report of the Valdai Discussion Club

Centuries-old conflicts are still with us and such concepts as the balance of powers, borders, and sovereignty are still relevant even in the era of a global interdependence.

Fyodor Lukyanov, Ivan Krastev

The main result of the Valdai Club meetings was the documentation of the gap between the West’s exaggerated self-perception and the actual situation in the world.

Andrey Sushentsov

Valdai: The Trumpet Call

The Valdai forum is more than 10 years old. It’s a specific formation, a kind of intellectual plankton consisting of a variety of experts, philosophers, academics, politicians and journalists from all over the world.

Alexander Prokhanov

Valdai-2014. The World Order: New Rules or a Game Without Rules

The Valdai Discussion Club conference, titled “The World Order: New Rules or a Game Without Rules”, was held in Sochi from the October 22 to 24, 2014.

Vladimir Putin Meets with Members of the Valdai Discussion Club. Transcript of the Final Plenary Session

Vladimir Putin took part in the final plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club’s 11th meeting. The plenary session summed up the club’s work over the previous three days, which concentrated on analysing the factors eroding the current system of institutions and norms of international law.

Valdai Club’s Closing Session with Vladimir Putin

The main event of the third day of the 11th meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi was the closing session with President Vladimir Putin. The atmosphere was calm and open, despite the current political tensions and the Russia-West confrontation. The Russian president said that it corresponded to the spirit of the Valdai Club.

Valdai Club Discusses Emerging World Order

The 11th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club: The World Order: New Rules or No Rules? was held in Sochi on October 22-24. More than one hundred experts from 25 countries focused on whether the global community will develop ground rules for the world politics or whether it will be a game without any rules where everyone fend for themselves.

Special Session: Scenarios for Ukraine

The second day of the 11th meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club ended with a discussion on one of the most dramatic issues on the contemporary agenda: the crisis in Ukraine.

Ukraine Will Not Be the Same Anymore – Valdai Experts

Ukraine will not be a unitary state following the developments of last winter, spring and summer, says a report by the Valdai Club experts, which has been distributed on the sidelines of the 11th annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club that is underway in Sochi.

The Valdai Index: Experts from NATO and Other Countries Divided

Various experts from both NATO and non-NATO countries have expressed diametrically opposite views on the development of Russia. They were polled within the framework of the annual Valdai Index (Russian Development Index), compiled by the Valdai International Discussion Club since 2009.

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