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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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Andrey Klepach: No new ideas on economy
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Andrey Klepach: No new ideas on economy

11/21/201210:59 All great crises generated great ideas, but recent crisis of 2008-2010 did not give anything new. It created some vacuum and a serious challenge for economic science and political leaders to generate new agenda regarding economic policy, says Andrey Klepach, deputy minister of the economic development of the Russian Federation.

http://valdaiclub.com/video/51700.html
Yaroslav Lisovolik
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Yaroslav Lisovolik: Russia faces significant challenges in terms of piling up capital and labor input

11/20/201212:18 The key to Russia's growth is inspiration through a growth in productivity, that requires significant reforms and capital influence, says Yaroslav Lisovolik, Head of Research and Member of the Management Board, Deutsche Bank Russia.

http://valdaiclub.com/video/51620.html
David Lane: Development plans for the Russian Federation are needed
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David Lane: Development plans for the Russian Federation are needed

11/16/201210:22 One has to take into account the social factor and have a definite policy for employment of the population in Russia, says British academician David Lane.

http://valdaiclub.com/video/51460.html
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Arms Control and the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election

10/16/201215:23 More attention needs to be paid to arms control in the 2012 U.S. presidential election, since it is an opportunity to make Americans safer and to advance American security. Since the U.S. and Russia signed the New START treaty in 2011 arms control implementation is going smoothly, but that there are still challenges, in particular with regard to missile defense and further reductions in warheads.

http://valdaiclub.com/video/50120.html
Interview with M.K. Bhadrakumar
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M.K. Bhadrakumar: Russia-India relationship is based on bedrock of great trust and confidence

07/20/201211:36 M.K. Bhadrakumar: Russia-India relationship is based on bedrock of great trust and confidence

http://valdaiclub.com/video/46600.html
Gleb Ivashentsov: APEC -2012 summit is a splendid chance for Russia
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Gleb Ivashentsov: APEC -2012 summit is a splendid chance for Russia

07/12/201213:38 Russia has taken over the rotating chair of APEC in 2012 and will host this year's summit in Vladivostok in early September. Gleb Ivashentsov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Deputy Неаd of the Russian Center for APEC Studies, stresses the importance of Russia’s APEC chairmanship and assesses the prospects of this structure given the contradictions between some the member-states.

http://valdaiclub.com/video/46140.html
Kim Byungki: There are three major security challenges in Asia
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Kim Byungki: There are three major security challenges in Asia

07/11/201212:04 Kim Byungki, Professor of Politics and International Relations, Founding Directing Head of International Security Policy Forum at the Graduate School of International Studies, and Vice Director at The Institute for Sustainable Development at Korea University, assesses the current situation in the Asia Pacific region and highlights Russia's role in enhancing the regional security.

http://valdaiclub.com/video/46020.html
Huang Jing: Russia’s integration into APR will create a “win-win” situation
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Huang Jing: Russia’s integration into APR will create a “win-win” situation

07/10/201213:24 Huang Jing, Professor and Director, Center on Asia and Globalisation (CAG), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (LKYSPP) names four prerequisites for success of the Russian efforts to integrate into Asia-Pacific region.

http://valdaiclub.com/video/45940.html
Oleg Barabanov: Russia is just entering Asian energy markets
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Russia’s Far East: Challenges of the next decade

05/29/201209:49 Russia has started actively building up its presence in the region after the commissioning of Sakhalin gas deposits. After liquefying the bulk of the gas, Russia supplies it to its Asian partners. High-tech methods of liquefying natural gas can put Russia in the lead in the Asia -Pacific Region.

http://valdaiclub.com/asia/43500.html
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Rawi Abdelal: Gazprom is dependent on Europe and Europe is dependent on Russia

05/23/201213:55 The reality is that the Russian gas exporter, Gazprom, is as dependent on the European market as the Europeans are on Russian gas. So a great deal of the anxiety about dependence on Russian gas really doesn’t reflect the reality, which is that Gazprom earns most of its profits exporting gas to Europe and to date Gazprom doesn’t mostly export gas to Asia, that’s the future.

http://valdaiclub.com/video/49880.html
 
 
 


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