On November 20, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion, titled “A New Dream? Elections in Moldova and Georgia as a Marker on the Road to Sovereignty”.
How can we define the new political reality in Moldova and Georgia? What will be their development vector and interaction with Russia? What, in addition to solving socio-economic problems, influences the foreign policy trends of the post-Soviet countries today?
Speakers:
Richard Sakwa, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of Kent (UK)
Archil Sikharulidze, political scientist, founder of the Sikha Foundation (Georgia)
Vyacheslav Sutyrin, Director of the Centre for Scientific Diplomacy and Advanced Academic Initiatives, MGIMO
Constantin Starîş, Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova; Secretary of the Parliamentary Commission on Security, Defence and Law and Order (Moldova)
Natalia Kharitonova, Professor, Department of International Security and Foreign Policy of Russia, RANEPA
Moderator:
Andrey Sushentsov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club
Working languages: Russian, English.