Valdai Club

Any polycentric system entailing the coexistence of various forces (states, corporations, religious associations, trade unions and so on) is fraught with additional conflicts. But it is precisely the latter circumstance, coupled with global problems of social development, that is pushing countries to accelerate the search for cooperation and the establishment of better regulation mechanisms, writes Valdai Club Chairman Andrey Bystritskiy.

Africa’s transformation did not start yesterday. Obviously, every interaction had by the numerous African nations with even more numerous states outside it, inevitably produced a reaction, making Africans more and more aware of their role and place in the world. This is only natural – without seeing others you will not know your true self, writes Valdai Club Chairman Andrey Bystritskiy.

A new edifice of the world economy cannot be built overnight, but, obviously, the process of its construction has already begun. We can see firsthand that although the current crisis has complicated international economic communication, at the same time it has awakened many new forces that are willing to seize the moment to take a better place in the global economy, writes Valdai Club Chairman Andrey Bystritskiy.

In general, the most important issue in the process of forming a new world order is the maintenance and strengthening of mutual trust. Without it, no issues can be resolved and nothing can be done reliably. Mutual trust can develop only in interaction, in discussions, in conversations and negotiations. In general, the new world order means a new mutual trust, writes Valdai Club Chairman Andrey Bystritskiy.

The fact that humanity has entered a new stage of its development does not need proof. This concerns the whole world, and hence each of its regions, particularly the Middle East, which has a chance to find a new destiny and a new role in the emerging world order.

A correct system of coordinates, a system of terms is needed, which — when discussing what is happening in the world — we will understand it approximately the same way, writes Valdai Club Chairman Andrey Bystritskiy.

It is difficult to predict the future; it is even more difficult to understand the present, but we clearly understand that the world is not just on the verge of radical changes; it has already witnessed them, and Asia has a front-row seat.

Our time is very interesting, but unfortunately, it is also very sorrowful. The keyword to describe the contemporary situation is autarky, the ability of a country to live relying on its own resources.

We are used to different acronyms. BLM, GOP, COP and so on. They all make sense, they allow us to save time, and turn out to be symbols which represent very sensitive and important processes. But it looks like it’s time to introduce a new acronym. We can call it NHC in English – “New Humanitarian Catastrophe” or NHD if you use the word Disaster.