Valdai Club

Dareskedar Taye

Prokhor Tebin

Kazuhiko Togo

Ivan Timofeev

Mandana Tishehyar

Ekaterina Timoshenkova

Nathalie Tocci

Valery Tishkov

Zhang Tingting

Georgy Toloraya

Russian Federation

Executive Director of Russian National Committee on BRICS research; Director of the Asian strategy center at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Diplomat (rank of Minister-Councelor). Professor of oriental studies at Moscow MGIMO University (from 2008). Scholar with decades-long experience on East Asian and global issues. Since 2008 he has been working for the Russkiy Mir Presidential Foundation in Moscow as chair of regional programmes, coordinating, inter alia, Asian and African programmes.

He served two postings in North Korea at the USSR trade mission (1977-1980; 1984-1987), worked for trade promotion agencies related to Asia.

Georgy Toloraya served at Russian Foreign Ministry, was minister counselor of the Russian Embassy in South Korea (1993–1998), First Asian Department Deputy Director-General (1998–2003) and Consul General of Russia in Sydney (2003–2007). He collaborated with a number of academic institutes (among them IMEMO and Institute of Economics) as a full-time and part-time researcher and was a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, Washington, DC (2007–2008).

Author of more than 200 articles and 7 books on East Asia and global governance issues.

Materials

‘Neither Peace Nor War’: Who Benefits From the Current Situation on the Korean Peninsula

Relations between the two Koreas have entered a phase of cooperation and reconciliation but history shows that it may be followed by another period of confrontation. South Korean society is about fifty-fifty in its attitude to cooperating or deterring North Korea.

Russia - South Korea: Political Rapprochement and Economic Activation?

Moscow hopes that Seoul will play a more active role in the "peaceful, political settlement, working out reciprocal steps in this process". The parties agreed that this remains "the only possible way to make progress in resolving the problems existing in the sub-region".

Symbolic Meaning of Putin-Kim Summit

The Putin-Kim summit has a symbolic meaning. It has restored Russia’s position in the resolution of the Korean issue and outlined a scenario which could serve as an alternative to a return to tensions. Now, a scenario where negotiations resume has become more realistic, even in a multilateral format.

Russia-DPRK Summit: Freedom to Manoeuvre Regained

North Korea and Russia are planning to meet in the near future, amid the aftermath of the frustratingly unsuccessful US-DPRK summit. The state visit could increase both Russia's value in the Korean diplomatic process and Russia’s role as a mediator between other nations. This will give the summit’s participants more freedom to manoeuvre, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) Professor Georgy Toloraya, executive director of Russian National Research Committee on BRICS research, says.

North Korea: The Winding Road to Denuclearization

The second summit of US President Donald Trump and leader of the DPRK Kim Jong-un took place in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, on February 27–28. High hopes were pegged on this summit: the sides were expected to push forward the denuclearization process of the Korean Peninsula and also to reach agreements on the end of the state of war.

Trilateral Cooperation between Russia, North and South Korea

The Korean theme at the Eastern Economic Forum-2018 is the most notable. This is not accidental, because a moment of truth came for Russian policy towards the Korean Peninsula. It is time to choose whether we will actively pursue our line or adapt ourselves to the strategy and tactics of other countries, taking into account common geopolitical interests.

Not to Stay Away: Why the Putin-Kim Summit Is Important for Détente on the Korean Peninsula

Normal working relations with Pyongyang is the trump card that Russia can use in the complex diplomatic game around North Korea. Professor Georgy Toloraya, Executive Director of the Russian National Committee on BRICS research, Director of the Asian strategy center at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, spoke in an interview with valdaiclub.com about the importance of the planned Putin-Kim summit and how it can contribute to the solution of security issues on the Korean peninsula.

BRICS and the World Order

If they ask, “What BRICS is about?” the answer will be: “BRICS is about the world order”. It creates its own structure of global governance. Therefore, this group should offer the world an alternative model of socio-economic development based on the market and new technologies, but different from the current system that assumes the dominance of the West.

Russia-South Korea Dialogue: Opening New Horizons?

On June 22, 2018, Russian president Vladimir Putin met with South Korean president Moon Jae-in. Professor Georgy Toloraya, Executive Director of the Russian National Committee on BRICS Research, spoke in an interview with www.valdaiclub.com about the results of the meeting, economic cooperation between the two countries and the role of Russia in solving problems on the Korean peninsula.

Kim-Trump Summit: How David Defeated Goliath

In reality nothing happened: the signed document has the general character. It repeated everything that was already mentioned in other documents of the United States and North Korea since the "framework agreement" of 1994. From now on, North Koreans will play along to the Americans. They have achieved the main thing: if the negotiations continue, North Korea is already unconditionally recognized as a nuclear power.

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