Valdai Club

“Toward the Great Ocean or the New Globalization of Russia.” Conference

Moscow

Materials

Toward the Great Ocean or the New Globalization of Russia

The Valdai Discussion Club, the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy and the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the National Research University – Higher School of Economics held the fifth conference of the Valdai Club Asian section in Moscow on July 6-7, 2012.

Valdai Discussion Club Presents Report on Russia's Asian Strategy

The report summarizes the ideas raised at the conferences of the Valdai Club Russian-Chinese section in 2010-2011. The authors stress the importance of Russia's turn towards Asia, examine the current situation in Siberia and the Russian Far East from economic and political angles and the prospects “to catch the Chinese wind in the sails of Russia’s economy.”

Report: Toward the Great Ocean, or the New Globalization of Russia

The report, written by a group of the leading experts is aimed at evaluating Russia’s goals and opportunities in the dynamic Asian Pacific region. The authors of the report stress the importance of Russia's turn towards Asia, examine current political and economic situation in Siberia and the Russian Far East and test the chances of Russia’s economy “to catch the Chinese wind in its sails.”

Sergei Karaganov, Oleg Barabanov, Timofei Bordachev