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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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iran

Iran celebrates 34th anniversary of Islamic Revolution
Asia

What is Iran's Nuclear Red Line?

05/23/201311:34 Iran has made varying degrees of progress down the tracks—enrichment, weaponization and delivery system—needed to have a viable nuclear weapon. How far will it proceed? One option is to build a bomb and, to show the world its nuclear prowess, conduct a test. But that option poses real risks for the Iranian government.

http://valdaiclub.com/asia/58560.html
Military conflict in Syria
Middle East

Syria As a Mirror of the Changing World Order

04/18/201312:07 The Arab Spring and the crisis in Syria merely aggravated contradictions that had formed a gap between Realpolitik and the observance of the de jure intact norms of international law. Today’s question is this: Is the international community able to take concerted actions or will inflated ambitions of regional centers of power gain the upper hand?

http://valdaiclub.com/middle_east/57680.html
Vladimir Putin at summit of the "Big 20" in Los Cabos, Mexico
USA

Russia, US: Not the time to be throwing stones

04/16/201310:27 Russia and the U.S. should not resolve their differences via international conflicts like the Syria crisis.

http://valdaiclub.com/usa/57463.html
Vladimir Putin talks with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Asia

Iran - Russia: Maintaining bilateral relations

04/15/201310:35 After the re-election of Vladimir Putin as president in 2012, relations between Tehran and Moscow improved considerably as a result of international and regional changes. Despite the fact that economic cooperation has always been a Gordian knot in relations between the two countries, ties between them have expanded in many other areas.

http://valdaiclub.com/asia/57440.html
The medium-range RSD-10 Pioneer missile system [NATO reporting name, SS-20], which had three 150-kiloton multiple independently targeted warheads, was scrapped under the 1987 Soviet-US Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty.
Asia

Nuclear disarmament’s Asian pivot

03/29/201310:32 Although multilateral cooperation on nuclear issues has been effective in some cases, such as in ratifying the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, it has been inadequate in others, such as in easing tensions with Iran and North Korea. In fact, even when China, Russia, and the US share the same agenda, their differing diplomatic tactics often undermine their ability to achieve their objectives.

http://valdaiclub.com/asia/56820.html
Blogs

Iran’s S-300 lawsuit against Russia may backfire

12/14/201210:15 It may be easier for Putin to restore the contract than it would have been for Medvedev, who signed the original decree to cancel the sale. Iranian leaders also believe that Russia wants to avoid the regional chaos that would most likely follow Israeli or US air strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities.

http://valdaiclub.com/blogs/52660.html
Sergei Lavrov at RIA Novosti
Russia and the World

Sergey Lavrov: The Russian-American agenda has enough new items

11/13/201209:54 Interview of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey V. Lavrov for the news agency «RIA Novosti», newspaper «Moscow News», magazine «Russia in Global Affairs», Moscow, November 8, 2012.

http://valdaiclub.com/russia_and_the_world/51280.html
Globe
Asia

Non Alignment Movement and its significance

10/09/201213:37 Amidst Western efforts to isolate Iran over its nuclear program, the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement took place in Tehran. NAM has its own strengths and their importance should not be downplayed. The movement puts the emphasis on the principle of cooperation among nations and continues its support for maintaining peace.

http://valdaiclub.com/asia/49820.html
Foreign countries. Iran. Tehran
Middle East

Three months without Iranian oil: Results and prospects

10/01/201211:16 Almost three months have passed since the European Union (EU), backed by a number of other countries, imposed an embargo on Iranian oil imports. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), during this time Iranian oil exports have fallen by two-third, from three million barrels of oil per day in July 2011 to about one million barrels in July 2012.

http://valdaiclub.com/middle_east/49520.html
The White House, the official residence of the President of the United States
USA

Geopolitical reality makes US seek Russian cooperation

09/24/201211:37 The US election campaign rhetoric is not the best predictor of how somebody would behave, once in office. As president, Romney will understand that working with Russia on Iran makes sense. So, some of the realities will force cooperation. The tone might be a little bit different, but then he would have to decide how much to push on questions where he disagrees with Russian policy.

http://valdaiclub.com/usa/49240.html
 
 
 


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