Valdai Club

The consequence of the public institutions ineffectiveness leads to the loss of the central monopoly on violence in favor of paramilitary, criminal and public associations.

The 21th Valdai paper is devoted to considering of the social roots of Islamist militancy in the West.

The 19th Valdai paper is devoted to the just war theory and the analysis of humanitarian intervention consistent with liberal political philosophy. Relying upon the classical theory the author proceeds to a modern interpretation of the just war concept.

The 17th Valdai paper is devoted to analysis of the new notion of Atlanticism, the alternative Atlantic security system, which has been developing since the end of the Cold war.

The 15th Valdai paper arises the problem of defining what state in future can become really strong and effective.

The 14th Valdai paper is devoted to two international structures - BRICS and G7, its’ role and policy towards Russia’s actions during political events in 2014 as well as on the eve of summits which will take place in summer 2015, as the author presumes, in the context of a growing estrangement between Russia and the West.

The 12th Valdai paper explores possible consequences in foreign policy course caused by change of political balance after the 2014 mid-term elections.

Author claims that scholarly and popular discussions radically underestimate the difficulty of hegemonic emergence and therefore overestimate the fragility of the American-centered order.