Valdai Club

Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in a plenary session of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi on Thursday.

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Session 1. Does the World Need Wars? What is the Role of War and Military Might in Public Conscience in the 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries?

First Day of the Valdai Discussion Club 12th Meeting

Session 3: The Economy in the Global and Interdependent World: An Instrument of War or a Means of Preserving

Session 4. Diplomacy in the 21st Century: Can It Prevent Wars? Is Another Golden Age of Diplomacy Possible?

Session 5. Correcting Mistakes: Which Post-Cold War Decisions Have Strengthened the Peace and Which Have Weakened It?

The 12th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi. Last Day

Chen Dongxiao: Big Countries Shape the Trajectories of War and Peace

Robert Cooper: State Makes War, but Wars Could Unmake the State

SUMMARY

VALDAI 2015 SESSION 4: DIPLOMACY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Diplomatic service should be a guarantee of strategic goals solution. Several systems have been created throughout history to make searches for a consensus easier: Westphalian, Versailles and Yalta-Potsdam. Read more >>

Participants about Valdai Club
Nobuo Shimotomai: The Valdai club offers chances to understanding of Russian realities and, above all, messages of what the Kremlin really wants to convey. Of course, how to interpret its contexts is always controversial, and thus interesting, even though I do not agree with some of official statements. What is rather lacking in recent discourses are the Asian perspectives of what Russians under the present regime want to do with. It may take some time before Russian pivot to Asia make its appearance. Anyway, the Valdai 2015 would be no less interesting, and, above all, important.      

Feng Shaolei: It is the 12th year for the Valdai Club. According to Chinese, 12 means a cycle of Chinese traditional calendar. This is a satisfactory end of a cycle and also indicates a new beginning of another one.  In the past 12 years, Valdai Club is famous worldwide for its unique openness, strategic height, wide and profound influences on global affairs. At the turn of a new cycle, it could be predicted that Valdai Club will continue contributing greatly to the international society with her insightful vision, substantial content and more inclusiveness”. Read more >>