On February 19-20, the Valdai Club held, in partnership with the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Oriental Studies, its eighth Middle East conference, titled “Middle East: New Stage, Old Problems?” This year, the Valdai Club’s two-day event was opened by a plenary session featuring high-ranking speakers. Experts discussed Russia’s interests in the Middle East and combatting radicalism on the new stage.
Video from the session in Russian
Video from the session in Arabic (بث باللغة العربية)
Check out the event programme to learn more about the plenary session and the four panels to follow it. The list of speakers is available here.