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The New Green Normal and Russia

Global Governance

Russia and the Competition of Technological Platforms: the Political Economy of the ICT Market

Morality and Law

Coronavirus Pandemic: New Challenges of 2021

Conflict and Leadership

Covid-19 Pandemic as a Stress Test for the Unity of the European Union

Russia and Global Security Risks

Expectations and Reality of the Biden Administration Policy

How Should We Judge America’s Proposed ‘Alliance of Democracies?

Morality and Law

Russia and Global Security Risks

Global Corporations and Economy

Conflict and Leadership

Global Governance

Conflict of Ideas and Identities

Eastern-Style Globalization

Identity and Future of the West

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Asia and Eurasia

Russia and the Global Economy

The Future of War

Emerging Global Commons

Between War and Diplomacy

The Future of Euro-Atlanticism

Eurasia and Asia

Russia and EU

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War and Security in 21st Century

Middle East

Eurasia in 21st Century

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Globalisation and Regionalisation

The Contemporary State

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Russia and Central Asia in the Face of New Global Challenges. The Central Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club

20.05.2021

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Valdai Club to Discuss Global Greening, Challenges and Opportunities

22.04.2021 16:30

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Valdai Club to Discuss the Strategies of the BRICS Countries Towards the European Union

08.04.2021 16:00

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Valdai Discussion Club to Hold Its Tenth Middle East Conference in Partnership With the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

30.03.2021

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Valdai Club to Discuss 21st Century Technological Platforms

22.03.2021 16:00

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Valdai Club to Discuss Vaccine as a Global Public Good

17.03.2021 16:00

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The Valdai Club to Discuss the Prospects of JCPOA

16.03.2021 13:00

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Valdai Club to Discuss Russia’s Experience in Combating Noncommunicable Diseases

10.03.2021 14:00

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Valdai Club to Discuss Economic Relations Between the United States, Russia and China

09.03.2021 10:30

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Valdai Club to Discuss the Role of Women in World Politics

04.03.2021 12:00

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Infographics

17.05.2021

Regional organisations

13.04.2021

World Arms Trade in 2020

08.04.2021

BRICS Group

31.03.2021

Russia and the Middle East

30.03.2021

Arab Spring: 10 Years On

29.03.2021

Military Capabilities of the Middle East Countries

24.03.2021

Eurasian Economic Union yestreday, today, tomorrow (VIDEOGRAPHICS)

11.03.2021

Non-Energy Exports of Russia in 2020

24.02.2021

Defence Budget Growth in 2020

16.02.2021

Covid-19 and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Video

29.04.2021

LIVE: The Future for ‘Special’ Relations Between Russia and Central Asia

29.04.2021

LIVE: Opening of the Central Asian Conference and Session 1. Russia and Central Asia After the Pandemic: How We Passed the Stress Test

22.04.2021

Global ‘Greening’: A Threat or New Opportunities for Russia and the World? Expert Discussion

08.04.2021

The Future Speaks to the Past: The Strategies of BRICS Countries Towards the European Union. Presentation of the Valdai Club Report

31.03.2021

Eugene Rogan: Future of the JCPOA: How to Save Face?

31.03.2021

Youssef Cherif: What Should be Done for Real Transformation in the MENA Region?

31.03.2021

Hrair Balian: What Is the Role of Information Technologies in Society Changes?

31.03.2021

Mustafa Aydin: How Has the Role of Armed Forces in Politics of the Middle East Countries Changed?

31.03.2021

Middle Eastern Communities: A New Subjectivity? Fifth Session and Closing of the Valdai Club Middle East Conference (in English)

31.03.2021

Russia in the Middle East. Special Session of the Valdai Club Middle East Conference (in Arabic)

Expert opinions

The New Green Normal and Russia

Coronavirus Pandemic: New Challenges of 2021

Covid-19 Pandemic as a Stress Test for the Unity of the European Union

Expectations and Reality of the Biden Administration Policy

How Should We Judge America’s Proposed ‘Alliance of Democracies?

Exercise in Provocation: Why Does Zelensky Need an Aggravation in Donbass?

US Sanctions Against Russian Sovereign Debt: Possible Alternatives

The Influence of the GDR on the Formation of Historical Memory and Modern Identity in Germany

Not Cold and Not War

A New Concert of Powers: Another Substitution?

Reports

Russia and the Competition of Technological Platforms: the Political Economy of the ICT Market

The Future Talks to the Past: BRICS Countries’ Strategies Towards the European Union

The Middle East in Search for Lost Awakening

Institutional Revisionism in International Politics: The Product of Rising, the Child of Decline or Something Else

The First Year of COVID-19: The Pandemic’s Socioeconomic Aftermath, as Seen by Valdai Club Experts

International Competition and Leadership in the Digital Environment

Global Green Transformation: How Will the World Change?

The Breakdown of the Status Quo and the International Dimension of the Nagorno-Karabakh Crisis

Climate Policy in a Global Risk Society

History, To Be Continued: The Utopia of a Diverse World

Valdai Papers

How Many People Need Die? The Real Alternative to Herd Immunity

Tweets vs. the Oficialese: How the Language of Russian Diplomacy Is Changing amid the Global Transition

On the Brink: Contemporary Transformation of China’s Economic Growth Model

Keynes Revisited: Delivering Growth Impulses in the Global Economy

Economic Integration in the Middle East: Problems and Prospects

The Asian Mirror for the Far East: An Indian Perspective

Russian Far East Development from the Korean Perspective

Australia’s Approach to Cooperation with Russia

Developing the Far East and Chinese-Russian Relations: New Perceptions and New Practices

Japan and the Development of the Russian Far East

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29.04.2021

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29.04.2021

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Regional organisations

17.05.2021

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22.04.2021

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08.04.2021

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31.03.2021

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31.03.2021

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