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16th Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club in Partnership With the Ankara Institute

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From November 10 to 11, in Turkey, Valdai Discussion Club will host the 16th Asian Conference, organized in partnership with the Ankara Institute. Under the theme “Eurasia in a Fragmented World,” the event will be held in Istanbul. The conference aims to analyse Eurasia’s role and development prospects in an era of constant, multidirectional global change. This theme is particularly relevant as new centres of power emerge on the world stage. These actors are increasingly seeking to interact through healthy competition and fair cooperation, free from the dictates of a single global power – a trend that is vividly exemplified by the nations of Eurasia.

The conference’s working languages are Russian, English, and Turkish.

Information for the media: In order to get accredited for the event, please fill out the form on our web site. If you have any questions about the event, please call +79269307763.

Links to the live broadcast of the discussion will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VK, Telegram and Dzen.

Materials

Globalization and Sovereignty

Managed Complexity as Eurasia’s Way

The Eurasian countries’ desire for strategic autonomy and their quest for alternative development paths clash with their dependence on inherited systems – be they technological platforms, financial mechanisms, or the language used to describe the world. Chaos is frightening, evoking nostalgia for a lost order and a desire to build a new one using familiar templates. But this is hardly possible. The key challenge for Eurasia is to find the courage and intellectual resources to shape its own vision of a polycentric world order.

Transport Corridors as a Geopolitical Instrument

The assertion that transport corridors can be used as geopolitical instruments is a common one in contemporary socio-political discourse. We encounter it most frequently in the context of China’s drive for dominance, particularly in the Belt and Road strategy, and in connection with Russia’s control over Eurasian land transit. This may seem like an obvious statement, but it’s not, writes Marina Beloglazova. This material was prepared specifically for the 16th Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club.

Marina Beloglazova

‘Hard to be a God’ in the Middle East

The regional powers of the Middle East are poised to increase their roles there. This is not being driven by alternative centres of power, but by regional dynamics. In the most optimistic scenario, if they do their proverbial homework, the states of West Asia—primarily its middle powers—could give birth to unique new forms of internal development and organisation, writes Ruslan Mamedov. This material was prepared specifically for the 16th Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club.

Connectivity as Strategy: The GCC’s Non-Polar Approach to Stability

The Gulf’s leaders see the world not as a chessboard of opposing camps but as a living network in which prosperity depends on circulation. Gulf diplomacy is deeply practical. It treats global order as a system that must be maintained rather than a contest that can be won, writes Khalid Alshimmari, Acting Head of Global Affairs Department, Dubai Public Policy Research Center (UAE) in an article specially prepared for the 16th Asian Conference of the Valdai Club.

Khalid Alshimmari

A Group of Dragons Without a Leader: Multipolarisation of the World

China advocates for the equal and orderly multipolarisation of the world and inclusive, universally beneficial economic globalisation. Equal and orderly multipolarisation entails insisting on the equality of all countries regardless of their size, the genuine promotion of democracy in international relations and opposition to hegemony and power politics.

Message from the Chairman

An Asian Vocabulary

People are believed to have inhabited Asia for tens of thousands of years, and over this time, they have accumulated a vast body of knowledge. Yet, as recent events demonstrate, there is still much to learn – including how to cope with new challenges, writes Valdai Club Chairman Andrey Bystritskiy in the run-up to the 16th Asian Conference of the Valdai Club.

Andrey Bystritskiy

Programme the 16th Asian Conference

The conference aims to analyse Eurasia’s role and development prospects in an era of constant, multidirectional global change. This theme is particularly relevant as new centres of power emerge on the world stage. These actors are increasingly seeking to interact through healthy competition and fair cooperation, free from the dictates of a single global power – a trend that is vividly exemplified by the nations of Eurasia.

Eurasia in a Fragmented World. Valdai Club to Hold Its 16th Asian Conference in Partnership With Ankara Institute

From November 10 to 11, in Turkey, Valdai Discussion Club will host the 16th Asian Conference, organized in partnership with the Ankara Institute. Under the theme “Eurasia in a Fragmented World,” the event will be held in Istanbul.

Photo

Photo Gallery: BRICS and Global (Dis)Order: What Is on Offer? Fifth Session of the 16th Asian Conference

Photo Gallery: Regional Interlinkages and Shifting Regional Orders: Middle East, South Caucasus and Central Asia. Fourth Session of the 16th Asian Conference

Photo Gallery: Transport and Infrastructure Connectivity in Eurasia. Third Session of the 16th Asian Conference

Photo Gallery: Turkey, Russia and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia. Second Session of the 16th Asian Conference

Photo Gallery: Opening and First Session of the 16th Asian Conference

Video

Turkey, Russia and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia. Second Session of the 16th Asian Conference (in Turkish)

11.11.2025

Turkey, Russia and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia. Second Session of the 16th Asian Conference (in English)

11.11.2025

Eurasia in a Fragmented World. Opening and First Session of the 16th Asian Conference (in Turkish)

11.11.2025

Eurasia in a Fragmented World. Opening and First Session of the 16th Asian Conference (in English)

11.11.2025

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01.11.2025

16th Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club in Partnership With the Ankara Institute

From November 10 to 11, in Turkey, Valdai Discussion Club will host the 16th Asian Conference, organized in partnership with the Ankara Institute. Under the theme “Eurasia in a Fragmented World,”