Valdai Club

Mikatekiso Kubayi

Daniel Kurtzer

Viktor Kremenyuk

Andrew Kuchins

Alexandre Kaufmann

Elena Kharitonova

Ara Karyan

Vladimir Kršljanin

Tatiana Karasova

Sergei Karaganov

Russian Federation

Academic Supervisor of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics; Honorary Chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy

Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Russia in Global Affairs magazine. Co-founder of the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences. Author and editor of more than 25 books and around 500 articles.

Member of the Academic Council of the Ministry of Foregn Affairs of the Russian Federation; Member of the Academic and Advisory Council, Russian Security Council; Member of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights under the President of Russia. In 1990s he was the member of the Presidential Council of Russia. Sergei Karaganov was a member of the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security as a Common Project under the OSCE (2014–2015).

Scientific interests: Soviet/Russian foreign and defense policies, international security, Greater Eurasia , USA and Europe, new global problems.

Materials

Report: Toward the Great Ocean – 6: People, History, Ideology, Education. Rediscovering the Identity

We are not heading East emptyhanded. We bring not only resources and transportation capacities, but also act as the major provider and guarantor of international security. More importantly, we have an opportunity to establish close cooperation with Asia without breaking off ties with Europe and to become the centre of the Greater Eurasian Partnership, which has been proposed by Moscow and backed by Beijing as being by 90 per cent in agreement with its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

Why Russia’s ‘Pivot to Asia’ Is About Coming Back Home

In a few years we will understand that we are no longer the eastern periphery slowly disappearing into the past, although close to most of Europe. Moving to Asia, to new wealth, strength and progress, we return home.

Sergei Karaganov: No Need to Wait for an Attack, the Threat of War Is in the Air

“Russia and China need to think about creating a joint strategy to strengthen peace. There is no need to wait for someone’s attack – the threat of war in the air,” Valdai Club expert Sergei Karaganov, who takes part in the Russian-Chinese conference in Shanghai, told valdaiclub.com in an exclusive interview.

Report: Toward the Great Ocean - 5: From The Turn To The East To Greater Eurasia

The current stage of Russia’s turn to the East was conceived in the latter half of the 2000s as a somewhat late response to Asia’s economic rise, which opened many new development opportunities for Russia, primarily its eastern regions.

Report: Toward the Great Ocean: Turn to the East. Preliminary Results and New Objectives

Russia’s entire history is in its geography and no matter how huge its territory, it is still a kind of an “inbetween” space.

Georgy Mirsky Has Passed Away

Georgy Mirsky has passed away - an outstanding orientalist, expert of great knowledge and experience, who always combined high academic professionalism and adherence to principles, a strong civic position and accuracy of the analysis.

The 21st-Century Concert of Vienna

One momentous anniversary has been overlooked – the 200th anniversary of the final defeat of Napoleon in a pan-European war and the subsequent Congress of Vienna. Engaging in what we now call “unofficial consultations,” the idealistic and wise Alexander I, backed by a strong and victorious Russia, and the brilliant diplomats Metternich and Talleyrand managed to create the Concert of Nations.

New Configuration of the Global Landscape

The West committed a strategic blunder: it missed the rise of other powers and suddenly discovered that these “others,” first, wanted to live independently, and second, wanted to do so their own way. It became clear that the imposed Western democratic model was not something that the majority of countries wanted for themselves.

Russia Must Avoid a Second Afghan War in Ukraine

If attempts to drag Russia into a direct military conflict in Ukraine are successful, it would be a catastrophe for Russia comparable to the 1979-1989 Afghan war. There is no direct evidence that the US is trying to bring about a second Afghan war, but indirect evidence abounds.

Time to End the Cold War in Europe

The rupture in relations between Russia and the West is discussed as if Crimea’s accession, Ukraine’s future and sanctions are the core problem. These issues, while important, are ultimately secondary. The true cause is Moscow’s determination to change the rules that the West has imposed on it for the last 25 years. Russia no longer seeks to become part of the West.

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