Valdai Club

The most difficult situation appears when the notions of dangers are far divergent, and the same facts are interpreted quite differently. Russia and the United States today are a case in point.

On July 14, 2016, there will be a year since Iran and six world powers have reached an agreement on the settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue.

Turkey is now at the center of world attention - the reasons are multiplying all the time. It’s enough to mention war in Syria, conflict with Russia, migration crisis in the European Union, tensions with a number of European countries, including historical issues, Ankara's role in the Middle East and South Caucasus, Turkey's functions in NATO, internal political changes etc.

How China is seen from Moscow and Washington is the topic of a new project by Kommersant and Washington Times newspapers. It is carried out under the initiative of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Moscow and the Center for the National Interest in Washington.

It's an amazing phenomenon. For more than a quarter-century after the Cold War, the world has changed dramatically, but when a major international crisis occurs, it turns out that, as earlier in the already distant period, only two capable players remain - Moscow and Washington. And all those numerous international institutions, "rising powers", influential "global civil society" disappear...

Another issue of the joint project of Kommersant and The Washington Times on the Russia-US relations (the project was spearheaded by the Valdai Discussion Club, and now supported by the Center for the National Interest in Washington) is dedicated to the prospects for economic cooperation.

The Washington Times and the Kommersant newspaper in Moscow following the initiative taken by Valdai Discussion Club have launched a joint project known as US-Russia Crosstalk to foster constructive dialog on issues where the two countries can share common ground in an era of global tension.