Valdai Club

Tatiana Romanova

Olga Rebro

Alexander Rahr

Aleksandar Raković

Mikhail Rykhtik

Matthew Rojansky

Carlos Ron

Pundi Srinivasan Raghavan

Dana Rohrabacher

Nikita Ryabchenko

Belarus

Researcher of international relations and world development (Belarus)

Materials

Global Centres… of Language: On the Linguistic Dimension of Order, Chaos, and Polyphony

How strong is this inertia of vulgar (Latin vulgaris) English-language communication in world affairs? And in which languages will the new “tablets” of instruction for a polycentric world be written—and, more importantly, conceived? Nikita Ryabchenko, International relations and world development researcher, addresses these and other questions.

The Relic Radiation of France: Learning the Proper Lessons From ‘The Enlighteners’

In spite of the decline and fall of France as a global power, a positive lesson can nevertheless be drawn from the story of the Fifth Republic—taking inspiration from the French, Russia must set out to pursue a civilizational niche of its own—offering a distinctly Russian vision for global development, writes Nikita Ryabchenko, international relations and world development researcher

An Equatorial Belt without ‘Pyramids’: African Curse or Blessing of History?

The “certificate of maturity” awaits not only the system of international relations as a whole, but also specific regions and country’s societies, which must learn to build new types of order without elite hierarchies - and here Russia and Africa are again capable of becoming a global example, writes Nikita Ryabchenko, researcher of international relations and world development (Belarus).

Echoes of Wakanda in World Music: Will Africa Become a Laboratory for Unconventional Development?

The strategic future of Africa is not predetermined, and understanding the in-depth factors of prosperity and decline allows us to outline a prognostically probable and original trajectory of its renaissance, writes Nikita Ryabchenko, researcher of international relations and world development (Belarus). The author is a participant of the Valdai – New Generation project.