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Vladimir Putin Meets with Members of the Valdai Discussion Club. Transcript of the Plenary Session of the 22nd Annual Meeting

Dr. Chaos or: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Disorder

Eurasia’s Future

Central Asia Amidst Superpower Dialogue

Worldview in LLM: From Platform ‘Softest’ Power to a Dialogue of Cultures and Civilisations

Shifting Ground: Is the International System Undergoing a Qualitative Transformation?

Politics, Economics, and People. Day 3 of the Valdai Discussion Club's Annual Meeting

World Majority

Globalization and Sovereignty

Eurasia’s Future

Economic Statecraft – 2025

Global Alternatives 2024

Wider Eurasia

The Return of Diplomacy?

Multipolarity and Connectivity

Conflict and Leadership

Global Corporations and Economy

Russia and Global Security Risks

Morality and Law

Asia – Eurasia

Middle East

Identity and Future of the West

Eastern-Style Globalization

Conflict of Ideas and Identities

Eurasia and Asia

Between War and Diplomacy

Emerging Global Commons

The Future of War

Russia and the Global Economy

Eurasia and Asia

The Future of Euro-Atlanticism

Eurasia in 21st Century

Middle East

War and Security in 21st Century

Regionalisation of the World

Russia and EU

Security and War Studies

The Contemporary State

Globalisation and Regionalisation

Global Alternatives

Eurasia

Announcements

The Polycentric World: Instructions for Use. The Valdai Club to Hold Its 22nd Annual Meeting

29.09.2025

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Valdai Club to Host Presentation of Report on the Culture of Confrontation

18.09.2025 16:00

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Valdai Club to Discuss Forecasting of International Relations

11.09.2025 12:00

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Valdai Club to Discuss UN’s Legacy

10.09.2025 16:00

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Valdai Club to Discuss the Geopolitical Transformations of Latin America

04.09.2025 14:00

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Valdai Club to Discuss the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Pacific

03.09.2025 12:00

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Realpolitik in a Divided World: Rethinking Russia-South Africa Ties in a Global and African Context. The Third Russian-African Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club

28.07.2025

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Valdai Club to Hold a Discussion on the Migration Crisis

18.07.2025 12:00

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Valdai Club to Discuss the Middle East Escalation

10.07.2025 16:00

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Valdai Club to Discuss Semiconductor Reindustrialisation of the United States

04.07.2025 12:00

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Infographics

02.10.2025

Videoinfographic: Biotechnology

01.10.2025

Videoinfograpic: Global Electricity Market

30.09.2025

Videoinfograpic: Microchip Manufacturing

29.09.2025

Videoinfograpic: Reindustrialisation

28.07.2025

Videoinfographic: Food Shortage

18.06.2025

Videoinfographic: Economy of Megacities

06.05.2025

Videoinfographic: Nuclear Technologies

31.03.2025

Videoinfographic: Inequality

27.03.2025

Videoinfographic: NATO military bases

07.11.2024

Videoinfographic: Global security

Video

02.10.2025

The Polycentric World: Instructions for Use – Valdai Forum Results. Open Discussion at the Valdai Club’s 22nd Annual Meeting

02.10.2025

22nd Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club. Day 3

02.10.2025

Plenary Session of the Valdai Discussion Club’s 22nd Annual Meeting

01.10.2025

22nd Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club. Day 2

01.10.2025

Special Session. Man and Time: the Role of Personality in Political History

30.09.2025

22nd Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club. Day 1

30.09.2025

Scientific and Technological Sovereignty in a Diversified World: Self-Interest First or Different Paths to a Common Future? The Fifth Session of the Valdai Discussion Club’s 22nd Annual Meeting

29.09.2025

What Is Multipolarity? Symphony, Anarchy, Balance or Continuous Conflict? The First Session of the Valdai Discussion Club’s 22nd Annual Meeting

29.09.2025

Opening of the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club and Presentation of the Report ‘Dr. Chaos or: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Disorder?’

18.09.2025

‘Culture of Confrontation: Patterns of Competition Among Great Powers in the 21st Century.’ Presentation of the Valdai Report

Opinions

Central Asia Amidst Superpower Dialogue

Worldview in LLM: From Platform ‘Softest’ Power to a Dialogue of Cultures and Civilisations

Shifting Ground: Is the International System Undergoing a Qualitative Transformation?

The West's Place in the World After the Loss of Hegemony

Tectonic Shifts in Geopolitics – We Are Not in Kansas Anymore

Migration Policy as Weapons or War

Echo Chamber: The Expert Community as Casualty of Hybrid Warfare

Scientific and Technological Sovereignty Challenges of our Contemporary Conjuncture

Anomalies and Normality of Modern World Politics

The Will of the People: What’s to Be Done About it? The Fate of Democracy in a World of Manipulation

Reports

Dr. Chaos or: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Disorder

Culture of Confrontation: Patterns of Competition Among Great Powers in the 21st Century

South Africa and Russia: A Long-Lasting Legacy of Strategic Cooperation

The New Horizons of Multipolarity

The Bandung Conference: Historical Memory and Vision for the Future

Evolution of the BRICS Platform of Shared Values

Russia-India: An economic cooperation framework

Syria: The Crossroad of Middle Eastern Uncertainty

Russia-India: Formula for Economic Cooperation. Сondensed version

The World From the Bottom Up or The Masterpieces of Eurasian Architecture

Valdai Papers

US Semiconductor Reindustrialization: Implications for the World

Immortal Letters of Victory

Russia – Africa: Overcoming Challenges

Maritime Geopolitics of the Pacific and Indian Oceans: A View from Moscow

Tanzanian New Ground for Russian Businesses. Prospects for Cooperation in Agriculture

US CHIPS and Science Act and Its Impact on Russia’s High-Tech Sector

The New US National Security Strategy

EU Technological Sovereignty and Its Limits

BRICS+: The Global South Responds To New Challenges (in the Context of China’s BRICS Chairmanship)

There’s a Country for Old Planes. Why Cold War Era Fighter Jets Do Not Retire and Are Set to Share the Skies With Drones

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The Problem of Food Waste Is Increasing Throughout the World

Pivotal Events that Shaped Contours of the Current International System, 1991-2023

Video

The Polycentric World: Instructions for Use – Valdai Forum Results. Open Discussion at the Valdai Club’s 22nd Annual Meeting

02.10.2025

22nd Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club. Day 3

02.10.2025

Videographics

Videoinfographic: Biotechnology

02.10.2025

Photo gallery

Photo Gallery: Plenary Session of the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club

02.10.2025

Photo Gallery: The Polycentric World: Instructions for Use – Valdai Forum Results. Open Discussion at the Valdai Club’s 22nd Annual Meeting

02.10.2025

Photo Gallery: Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak

01.10.2025

Photo Gallery: Special Session. Man and Time: the Role of Personality in Political

01.10.2025

Contributors

Viktor Yerofeev

Modern Russian writer

Igor Yurgens

Chairman of the Management Board at the Institute for Contemporary Development (ICD)

Oleg Zinkovski

Journalist and political analyst (Berlin)

Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou

Deputy Director and Academic Dean of the Geneva Center for Security Policy and Adjunct Professor at the Graduate Institute in Geneva

Mohammad Reza Sheibani

Former Iranian Ambassador to Syria

Alexander Shokhin

President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)

Taras Tsukarev

Head of Projects at the Center for Integration Studies, Eurasian Development Bank

Alexei Vasiliev

Corresponding Member, Russian Academy of Sciences; Director, Institute for African Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

Jean-Michel Vernochet

French writer, essayist, journalist and geopolitist

Matteo Villa

Research Fellow, European Programme, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI)

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