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🇷🇺🌏 Paradoxes and the Multi-Vector Approach: Нow Russia Should Build Relations With Asian Countries
On September 4, the Valdai Club hosted a presentation of the Valdai Report “Russia and Asia: Paradoxes of a New Reality” ahead of the Club’s session at the Eastern Economic Forum 2023, featuring Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko. Timofei Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Club, moderated the event.
💬 Andrei Rudenko, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, stressed that although Russia has always pursued a multi-vector policy and this has traditionally been its strength, now there has been a redistribution of opportunities favouring Greater Asia – a region stretching from New Zealand to Iran. There are some symptoms of turbulence in this region. “Unfortunately, our former partners, primarily the United States of America, have chosen the line of introducing certain elements of bloc approach and confrontationalism into the region and destroying those principles thanks to which it has always flourished,” the diplomat noted, pointing to attempts to tear a number of countries away from the ASEAN-centric space. According to him, from Russia’s point of view, based on openness and transparency, ASEAN should remain the main element of the security and economic system in Asia.
💬 Alexander Korolev, Deputy Director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, addressed the basic hypothesis of the new report: that Russia’s Asian policy in recent decades did not fit into the framework of the so-called Asian paradox, the essence of which can be reduced to the “hot economy and cold politics” model. This model refers to a combination of complex political relations with the successful development of trade and economic relations. At the same time, Russia offered alternative models of interaction with various Asian countries. If its relations with Japan resembled the classic Asian paradox, then in relations with most of the countries of South and Southeast Asia it was more about “hot politics and cold economics”, and relations with China implied “hot politics and hot economics” for decades – development of warm economic relations and institutional political ties in parallel. The start of the special military operation in Ukraine led to certain adjustments.
💬 Rahakundini Bakrie Konni, Jenderal Achmad Yani University expert, analyst in the field of defence, military and intelligence activities of Indonesia, briefly reviewed the main scenarios for the development of the situation in Asia. In her opinion, if the BRICS idea is realized, that is, challenges and threats push Asia and Africa to unite with Russia and China, this will open up many different opportunities. However, for now, the Asia-Pacific region is under the influence of Western policy against Russia in connection with the state of affairs in Ukraine. Separately, she pointed to the minilateralist trends in the region, both in the defence and economic spheres.
💬 Ivan Zuenko, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of International Studies and Associate Professor at the Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO University, supported the approach of the authors of the report to relations between Russia and China as a relationship of strategic interdependence, and noted that both the reciprocity of this dependence and its strategic nature are important. In the case of China, we are talking about dependence on Russia as a supplier of strategic resources and a purely geographical dependence due to a long, shared land border. From Russia, this dependence requires the development of a comprehensive strategy for economic relations and the diversification of relations with Asian countries.
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On September 4, the Valdai Club hosted a presentation of the Valdai Report “Russia and Asia: Paradoxes of a New Reality” ahead of the Club’s session at the Eastern Economic Forum 2023, featuring Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko. Timofei Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Club, moderated the event.
💬 Andrei Rudenko, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, stressed that although Russia has always pursued a multi-vector policy and this has traditionally been its strength, now there has been a redistribution of opportunities favouring Greater Asia – a region stretching from New Zealand to Iran. There are some symptoms of turbulence in this region. “Unfortunately, our former partners, primarily the United States of America, have chosen the line of introducing certain elements of bloc approach and confrontationalism into the region and destroying those principles thanks to which it has always flourished,” the diplomat noted, pointing to attempts to tear a number of countries away from the ASEAN-centric space. According to him, from Russia’s point of view, based on openness and transparency, ASEAN should remain the main element of the security and economic system in Asia.
💬 Alexander Korolev, Deputy Director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, addressed the basic hypothesis of the new report: that Russia’s Asian policy in recent decades did not fit into the framework of the so-called Asian paradox, the essence of which can be reduced to the “hot economy and cold politics” model. This model refers to a combination of complex political relations with the successful development of trade and economic relations. At the same time, Russia offered alternative models of interaction with various Asian countries. If its relations with Japan resembled the classic Asian paradox, then in relations with most of the countries of South and Southeast Asia it was more about “hot politics and cold economics”, and relations with China implied “hot politics and hot economics” for decades – development of warm economic relations and institutional political ties in parallel. The start of the special military operation in Ukraine led to certain adjustments.
💬 Rahakundini Bakrie Konni, Jenderal Achmad Yani University expert, analyst in the field of defence, military and intelligence activities of Indonesia, briefly reviewed the main scenarios for the development of the situation in Asia. In her opinion, if the BRICS idea is realized, that is, challenges and threats push Asia and Africa to unite with Russia and China, this will open up many different opportunities. However, for now, the Asia-Pacific region is under the influence of Western policy against Russia in connection with the state of affairs in Ukraine. Separately, she pointed to the minilateralist trends in the region, both in the defence and economic spheres.
💬 Ivan Zuenko, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of International Studies and Associate Professor at the Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO University, supported the approach of the authors of the report to relations between Russia and China as a relationship of strategic interdependence, and noted that both the reciprocity of this dependence and its strategic nature are important. In the case of China, we are talking about dependence on Russia as a supplier of strategic resources and a purely geographical dependence due to a long, shared land border. From Russia, this dependence requires the development of a comprehensive strategy for economic relations and the diversification of relations with Asian countries.
https://valdaiclub.com/events/posts/articles/the-multi-vector-approach-how-russia-should-build-relations-with-asian-countries/
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🇷🇺🌏 For Russia, the development of ties with Asian countries and presence in this region has never been a priority or a desirable task.
This is due to several reasons, each of which is serious enough to move the east to the second or third place in the list of national foreign policy priorities.
1️⃣ First, 500 years ago, Moscow solved the most important of the tasks of that time — liberation from the threat from the steppe nomads in the East; since then this area has never been threatening in terms of security.
2️⃣ Second, in the economic sphere, Russia has always been closely connected with Europe and the West as a whole. There, geography itself contributed to the strengthening of cooperation and trade, so much that even the consistent hostility towards the Russians on the part of the Europeans themselves could not break it.
3️⃣ Finally, the regions of Russia itself facing Asia have never been populated or important enough in the economic system of the country.
The past year and a half, in fact, may represent a turning point in relations between Russia and Asia. First of all, strengthening relations with regional powers and their economies has become for Moscow itself not so much a choice as a necessity.
In 2022-2023, the scale of trade and economic relations between Russia and Asian countries has increased significantly, and Vladivostok has become one of the main “gates” of Russian goods to world markets. Moreover, in the context of growing global turbulence, the Asian countries themselves are interested in actively trading with Russia and gradually moving to settlements in national currencies.
Asia is still a difficult and often not well-known partner for Moscow, but now, for the first time in Russian history, objective conditions have arisen which compel us to turn to the East, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev.
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This is due to several reasons, each of which is serious enough to move the east to the second or third place in the list of national foreign policy priorities.
1️⃣ First, 500 years ago, Moscow solved the most important of the tasks of that time — liberation from the threat from the steppe nomads in the East; since then this area has never been threatening in terms of security.
2️⃣ Second, in the economic sphere, Russia has always been closely connected with Europe and the West as a whole. There, geography itself contributed to the strengthening of cooperation and trade, so much that even the consistent hostility towards the Russians on the part of the Europeans themselves could not break it.
3️⃣ Finally, the regions of Russia itself facing Asia have never been populated or important enough in the economic system of the country.
The past year and a half, in fact, may represent a turning point in relations between Russia and Asia. First of all, strengthening relations with regional powers and their economies has become for Moscow itself not so much a choice as a necessity.
In 2022-2023, the scale of trade and economic relations between Russia and Asian countries has increased significantly, and Vladivostok has become one of the main “gates” of Russian goods to world markets. Moreover, in the context of growing global turbulence, the Asian countries themselves are interested in actively trading with Russia and gradually moving to settlements in national currencies.
Asia is still a difficult and often not well-known partner for Moscow, but now, for the first time in Russian history, objective conditions have arisen which compel us to turn to the East, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/russia-s-eastern-policy-old-restrictions/
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Russia’s Eastern Policy: Old Restrictions and New Conditions
The past year and a half may represent a turning point in relations between Russia and Asia. For Moscow, strengthening relations with regional powers and their economies has become not so much a choice as a necessity. The desire of the West to inflict economic…
The Valdai Club session at the EEF-2023 continues the Club’s flagship project dedicated to Russia’s turn to the East. During the discussion, the speakers will analyse the dynamics of Russian-Asian cooperation after February 24, 2022, share forecasts, and evaluate joint projects that are in demand amid the current situation.
The confrontation with the West is accelerating Russia's pivot to the East. The Asia-Pacific Region (APR) has become central to Russia and replaced its former ties with Western economies. Asian countries, despite pressure from the West, retain their flexibility and have expanded trade with Russia. Asia’s pragmatism does not allow for a complete rupture of ties, as it happens in Europe, even in the face of deteriorating political relations with individual countries.
In this situation, the Far East has emerged as Russia’s “gateway” to Asia, to its system of international and economic relations.
📑 The Valdai Club prepared a report for the EEF, titled “Russia and Asia: Paradoxes of a New Reality”. It consists of a series of case studies conducted under the auspices of the Club this past spring. The authors of the report for the first time showed how the peculiarities of regional development and the conflict in Ukraine have affected Russia’s bilateral relations with each of the Asia-Pacific countries.
Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club, will make an opening speech at the beginning of the session.
🎙️ Speakers:
🇷🇺 Anna Bessmertnaya, Chairman of the Commission for Foreign Economic Cooperation with Chinese Partners of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry
🇷🇺 Sergey Pavlov, First Deputy Managing Director, Russian Railways
🇷🇺 Alexander Timchenko, member of the FESCO Board of Directors
🇷🇺 Yuri Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation — Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District
🇨🇳 Wang Wen, Executive Dean, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY)
Moderator:
https://valdaiclub.com/events/announcements/session-of-the-valdai-discussion-club-at-the-eastern-economic-forum-2023/
Working languages: Russian, English.
📍Venue: Vladivostok, Far Eastern Federal University, Building B, Conference Hall No. 6.
Entrance to the event is open to EEF participants and journalists accredited at the Forum.
A link to the live broadcast of the session will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VKontakte, Telegram and Dzen.
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The Valdai Club to Hold a Session at the Eastern Economic Forum 2023
The Valdai Discussion Club will take part in the business programme of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) for the seventh time. On September 11, at 10:00 local time (GMT+10), the Club will hold a session, titled “Open Far East in the World Economy: Achievements…
Valdai Discussion Club pinned «🗣 #Valdai_EEF: The Valdai Discussion Club will take part in the business programme of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) for the seventh time. On September 11, at 10:00 local time (GMT+10), the Club will hold a session, titled “Open Far East in the World Economy:…»
🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦 The recently-concluded BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, was not only a success for the bloc but also historic in how it captured the times we live in today.
🔹 The inclusion of oil-rich nations such as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Iran introduces an expansion of the BRICS footprint in the Middle East as well as its influence for the reform of the financial architecture in addition to population, region, and land mass.
🔹 The Inclusion of Argentina, Ethiopia, and Egypt (Egypt is already a member of the New Development Bank, NDB) further reaffirms the bloc’s growing influence for the reform and development agenda it adopted in 2009.
🔹 More than 20 countries have applied, and over 40 are interested in joining the bloc. This is a significant development because it demonstrates the strength of the BRICS argument for a fairer and more equitable global governance system that represents all, with rules that apply equally to all, especially in global financial and economic governance.
The bloc was dismissed by many in the beginning, with some arguing that it does not hold sufficient power to change anything, let alone contend with the global hegemons. But BRICS is not about challenging anyone.
It is about fostering cooperation and collaboration to find solutions for global challenges and achieve a shared future in which development is enhanced and accessible to all who seek it, Mikatekiso Kubayi writes.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/5th-brics-summit-and-affirmation-of-the-brics/
#ModernDiplomacy #BRICS #BRICS2023 #BRICSSummit
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🔹 The inclusion of oil-rich nations such as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Iran introduces an expansion of the BRICS footprint in the Middle East as well as its influence for the reform of the financial architecture in addition to population, region, and land mass.
🔹 The Inclusion of Argentina, Ethiopia, and Egypt (Egypt is already a member of the New Development Bank, NDB) further reaffirms the bloc’s growing influence for the reform and development agenda it adopted in 2009.
🔹 More than 20 countries have applied, and over 40 are interested in joining the bloc. This is a significant development because it demonstrates the strength of the BRICS argument for a fairer and more equitable global governance system that represents all, with rules that apply equally to all, especially in global financial and economic governance.
The bloc was dismissed by many in the beginning, with some arguing that it does not hold sufficient power to change anything, let alone contend with the global hegemons. But BRICS is not about challenging anyone.
It is about fostering cooperation and collaboration to find solutions for global challenges and achieve a shared future in which development is enhanced and accessible to all who seek it, Mikatekiso Kubayi writes.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/5th-brics-summit-and-affirmation-of-the-brics/
#ModernDiplomacy #BRICS #BRICS2023 #BRICSSummit
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🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦 The expansion of the BRICS and the announced admission of six new states to the group has become an important event in world politics.
About two dozen more countries have also applied to join the BRICS.
In this regard, the media and the expert community have begun to talk about a qualitative change in the geopolitical balance of power. Comparisons are made of the total GDP between the BRICS and the G7, their resource endowment, etc.
All this is true. But aside from the move’s effect on economic indicators and symbolic strength in establishing a value alternative, the issue of internal consolidation is no less important for the political power of any international structure. BRICS is no exception.
If there is no internal unity, according to the principle “one in favour of all, and all for one”, then all prospects for strengthening the BRICS as a new pole of world politics will remain unfulfilled, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Oleg Barabanov.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/brics-expansion-as-non-west-consolidation/
#Norms_and_Values #BRICS #UN
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About two dozen more countries have also applied to join the BRICS.
In this regard, the media and the expert community have begun to talk about a qualitative change in the geopolitical balance of power. Comparisons are made of the total GDP between the BRICS and the G7, their resource endowment, etc.
All this is true. But aside from the move’s effect on economic indicators and symbolic strength in establishing a value alternative, the issue of internal consolidation is no less important for the political power of any international structure. BRICS is no exception.
If there is no internal unity, according to the principle “one in favour of all, and all for one”, then all prospects for strengthening the BRICS as a new pole of world politics will remain unfulfilled, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Oleg Barabanov.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/brics-expansion-as-non-west-consolidation/
#Norms_and_Values #BRICS #UN
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BRICS Expansion as Non-West Consolidation? The Example of Voting in the UN General Assembly
The expansion of the BRICS and the announced admission of six new states to the group has become an important event in world politics. About two dozen more countries have also applied to join the BRICS. In this regard, the media and the expert community have…
🌏 The current global crisis, on the one hand, makes us worry about the future, and on the other hand, it opens not even windows, but whole stained-glass windows of opportunities. This is especially true of both the Russian Far East and Asia as a whole.
1️⃣ First, the amazing political configuration of the entire Asia-Pacific region. Aside from a few long-smouldering conflicts, the region as a whole is surprisingly peaceful, and mostly cooperative. The political space of the Asia-Pacific region is quite comfortable for the accelerated development of social and economic ties between the countries of this, and not only this region. The Russian Far East is a natural hub, a gateway through which Russia can effectively interact with the outside world.
2️⃣ Second, the future of the Asia-Pacific region is open. It is only taking shape before our eyes and, I hope, with Russia’s participation. In recent years, Russia has turned very effectively towards Asia. But Asia is also turning towards Russia. Moreover, the countries of the region are mainly pursuing foreign policy independently and are not about to join the West in its desire to weaken and isolate Russia – at the very least. On the contrary, Asia obviously needs a strong and independent Russia capable of ensuring a balance of power in the region.
3️⃣ Finally, there is probably the most important circumstance — the presence in some countries of the Asia-Pacific region of a developed, creative middle class. Russia is certainly among these countries. The presence of such a middle class, that is, a layer of people who make money on innovation, on the advanced technologies, creates an additional dimension of the development of the region as a whole. This dimension turns the design of the future into a rational task, the solution of which depends on the talents of people and on their ability to reach agreements and get along with each other.
Thus, the Asia-Pacific region has received a unique chance for accelerated and thoughtful development. the future is open, it can and should be built consciously, step by step.
How this will happen will be discussed at the traditional Valdai Club session as part of the Eastern Economic Forum on September 11, titled “Open Far East in the World Economy: Achievements and Plans for the Future”, writes Valdai Club Chairman Andrey Bystritskiy.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/chairman-speech/materialization-of-the-imaginary/
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Thus, the Asia-Pacific region has received a unique chance for accelerated and thoughtful development. the future is open, it can and should be built consciously, step by step.
How this will happen will be discussed at the traditional Valdai Club session as part of the Eastern Economic Forum on September 11, titled “Open Far East in the World Economy: Achievements and Plans for the Future”, writes Valdai Club Chairman Andrey Bystritskiy.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/chairman-speech/materialization-of-the-imaginary/
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Materialization of the Imaginary
The key area that makes it possible for Asia to develop independently is the economy. Here the prospects are very impressive. Of course, we need to look at the situation soberly, to see both the difficulties and specific obstacles, which could impede us in…
India is all set to host the G20 Summit and they are busy with massive preparations showcasing India’s art, culture and traditions. High on the agenda and high in optics, this is the most awaited international event of the year for India.
India’s G20 presidency has been fraught with challenges. The 3D’s – Democracy, Diplomacy and Dialogue – resonated all throughout the G20 meetings in 2023, as the world navigated through the difficult period of conflict and pandemic, leading up to a food and energy crisis.
To bring consensus and to get everybody on board on various issues would depend on how New Delhi would navigate through every punctuation mark in the final document.
This is a big task, but India is determined to achieve it, writes Nivedita Das Kundu.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/india-s-g-20-summit-promotes-democracy-diplomacy/
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🧊🌐 Cooperation in the Arctic has been renowned for being largely immune to geopolitics.
Even at times of great power conflict during the Cold War, cooperation in the Arctic continued for mutually beneficial cooperation and trust-building. This era appears to have come to an end.
Over the past two decades, relations between the NATO countries and Russia have continued to deteriorate and the Arctic increasingly becomes the home of competing interests. The decision by the collective West to suspend cooperation with Russia in the Arctic Council over the war in Ukraine suggests that reliable cooperation in the Arctic has likely come to an end.
As Russia reduces reliance on NATO states and increases cooperation with non-Arctic powers in the high north, it is reasonable to expect that BRICS will become an Arctic institution.
The great economic realignment is increasingly organised with non-Western technologies, ships, insurances, investment banks and currencies. As the economic infrastructure is de-Americanised and transformed, it is reasonable to expect the institutional framework to change. This will also occur in the Arctic, Glenn Diesen @glenndiesen writes.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/room-for-cooperation-in-the-arctic/
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Even at times of great power conflict during the Cold War, cooperation in the Arctic continued for mutually beneficial cooperation and trust-building. This era appears to have come to an end.
Over the past two decades, relations between the NATO countries and Russia have continued to deteriorate and the Arctic increasingly becomes the home of competing interests. The decision by the collective West to suspend cooperation with Russia in the Arctic Council over the war in Ukraine suggests that reliable cooperation in the Arctic has likely come to an end.
As Russia reduces reliance on NATO states and increases cooperation with non-Arctic powers in the high north, it is reasonable to expect that BRICS will become an Arctic institution.
The great economic realignment is increasingly organised with non-Western technologies, ships, insurances, investment banks and currencies. As the economic infrastructure is de-Americanised and transformed, it is reasonable to expect the institutional framework to change. This will also occur in the Arctic, Glenn Diesen @glenndiesen writes.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/room-for-cooperation-in-the-arctic/
#Asia_and_Eurasia #Arctic #Eurasia #geopolitics
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Is There Room for Cooperation in the Arctic?
The great economic realignment is increasingly organised with non-Western technologies, ships, insurances, investment banks and currencies. As the economic infrastructure is de-Americanised and transformed, it is reasonable to expect the institutional framework…
📆 ANNOUNCEMENT: On September 18 at 16:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host a discussion dedicated to the technological gap between developed and developing countries, titled “How to Avoid Inequality in Access to the Digital Future.”
The growing gap between rich and poor countries has now acquired a digital dimension. This became especially noticeable during the pandemic, when people without access to the Internet were deprived of opportunities to engage in distance learning, pursue remote work and the ability to maintain social distance. Developing countries have limited resources and the digital divide will continue to perpetuate their dependence on developed countries.
Multinational corporations seek to monopolise innovations, platforms and services. Rich countries plan to direct financial assistance primarily to the green transformation, rather than the digitalisation of poor countries. Under such conditions, the digital divide may become even deeper.
❓How can we overcome the digital divide?
❓Should poor countries expect help from rich countries in achieving digitalisation?
❓Or is it better to think about a coalition of developing countries that would resolve this problem, for example, through BRICS?
Participants in the discussion will try to answer these and other questions.
🎙️ Speakers:
🇷🇺 Igor Ashmanov, President of Kribrum JSC, Member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights
🇨🇦 Radhika Desai, Professor, Faculty of Political Studies, Director of the Geopolitical Economics Research Group, University of Manitoba (Canada)
🇮🇳 Arvind Gupta, Chairman and Co-founder of Digital India Foundation
🇿🇦 Rasigan Maharajh, Chief Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation at the Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa)
🇷🇺 Konstantin Pantserev, Professor at the Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Faculty of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University
🇫🇷 Jacques Sapir, Professor of Economics at the Paris Higher School of Social Sciences (EHESS) and Lomonosov Moscow State University
Moderator:
🚩 Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club
https://valdaiclub.com/events/announcements/valdai-club-to-discuss-inequality-in-access-to-the-digital-future/
Working languages: Russian, English.
ℹ️ 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.
A link to the live broadcast of the discussion will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VKontakte, Telegram and Dzen.
#Norms_and_Values #digitalisation #technologicalgap #inequality
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The growing gap between rich and poor countries has now acquired a digital dimension. This became especially noticeable during the pandemic, when people without access to the Internet were deprived of opportunities to engage in distance learning, pursue remote work and the ability to maintain social distance. Developing countries have limited resources and the digital divide will continue to perpetuate their dependence on developed countries.
Multinational corporations seek to monopolise innovations, platforms and services. Rich countries plan to direct financial assistance primarily to the green transformation, rather than the digitalisation of poor countries. Under such conditions, the digital divide may become even deeper.
❓How can we overcome the digital divide?
❓Should poor countries expect help from rich countries in achieving digitalisation?
❓Or is it better to think about a coalition of developing countries that would resolve this problem, for example, through BRICS?
Participants in the discussion will try to answer these and other questions.
🎙️ Speakers:
🇷🇺 Igor Ashmanov, President of Kribrum JSC, Member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights
🇨🇦 Radhika Desai, Professor, Faculty of Political Studies, Director of the Geopolitical Economics Research Group, University of Manitoba (Canada)
🇮🇳 Arvind Gupta, Chairman and Co-founder of Digital India Foundation
🇿🇦 Rasigan Maharajh, Chief Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation at the Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa)
🇷🇺 Konstantin Pantserev, Professor at the Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Faculty of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University
🇫🇷 Jacques Sapir, Professor of Economics at the Paris Higher School of Social Sciences (EHESS) and Lomonosov Moscow State University
Moderator:
🚩 Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club
https://valdaiclub.com/events/announcements/valdai-club-to-discuss-inequality-in-access-to-the-digital-future/
Working languages: Russian, English.
ℹ️ 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.
A link to the live broadcast of the discussion will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VKontakte, Telegram and Dzen.
#Norms_and_Values #digitalisation #technologicalgap #inequality
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Valdai Club to Discuss Inequality in Access to the Digital Future
On September 18 at 16:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host a discussion dedicated to the technological gap between developed and developing countries, titled “How to Avoid Inequality in Access to the Digital Future.”
⏰ COMING SOON: On September 11, at 10:00 Vladivostok time (GMT+10), or at 3:00 Moscow time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will hold a session, titled “Open Far East in the World Economy: Achievements and Plans for the Future”, within the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).
The Valdai Club session at the EEF-2023 continues the Club’s flagship project dedicated to Russia’s turn to the East. During the discussion, the speakers will analyse the dynamics of Russian-Asian cooperation after February 24, 2022, share forecasts, and evaluate joint projects that are in demand amid the current situation.
📑 The Valdai Club prepared a report for the EEF, titled “Russia and Asia: Paradoxes of a New Reality”. It consists of a series of case studies conducted under the auspices of the Club this past spring. The authors of the report for the first time showed how the peculiarities of regional development and the conflict in Ukraine have affected Russia’s bilateral relations with each of the Asia-Pacific countries.
Working languages: Russian, English.
📍Venue: Vladivostok, Far Eastern Federal University, Building B, Conference Hall No. 6.
Entrance to the event is open to EEF participants and journalists accredited at the Forum.
A link to the live broadcast of the session will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VKontakte, Telegram and Dzen.
#Valdai_EEF #EEF #EEF2023 #valdaiclub
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The Valdai Club session at the EEF-2023 continues the Club’s flagship project dedicated to Russia’s turn to the East. During the discussion, the speakers will analyse the dynamics of Russian-Asian cooperation after February 24, 2022, share forecasts, and evaluate joint projects that are in demand amid the current situation.
📑 The Valdai Club prepared a report for the EEF, titled “Russia and Asia: Paradoxes of a New Reality”. It consists of a series of case studies conducted under the auspices of the Club this past spring. The authors of the report for the first time showed how the peculiarities of regional development and the conflict in Ukraine have affected Russia’s bilateral relations with each of the Asia-Pacific countries.
Working languages: Russian, English.
📍Venue: Vladivostok, Far Eastern Federal University, Building B, Conference Hall No. 6.
Entrance to the event is open to EEF participants and journalists accredited at the Forum.
A link to the live broadcast of the session will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VKontakte, Telegram and Dzen.
#Valdai_EEF #EEF #EEF2023 #valdaiclub
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🎥 LIVE: at 10:00 local time (GMT+10), and at 3:00 Moscow time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will hold a session, titled “Open Far East in the World Economy: Achievements and Plans for the Future”, on the fields of the Eastern Economic Forum.
https://valdaiclub.com/multimedia/video/eastern-economic-forum-2023-valdai-discussion-club/
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LIVE: Eastern Economic Forum 2023. A Session of the Valdai Discussion Club
The Valdai Discussion Club will take part in the business programme of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) for the seventh time. On September 11, at 10:00 local time (GMT+10), the Club will hold a session, titled “Open Far East in the World Economy: Achievements…
🇷🇺🌏 Russia’s standing in Asia hinges on not only what happens in this region and Russia’s own efforts, but also on global developments, including the mounting China-US confrontation, the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia’s standoff with the West, and the emergence of the global majority phenomenon.
All these developments have a fundamental bearing on Russia’s policy to undertake a turn to the East, develop its Asian dimension, and readiness to build closer ties with Asian powers, as well as their receptiveness to cooperation opportunities with Russia, and, finally, the way the challenges and threats Russia and Asia face are perceived.
The authors of a new Valdai report, titled “Russia and Asia: The Paradoxes of a New Reality,” assess how Russia’s standing vis-à-vis Asian countries changed after the military and political conflict started in February 2022, as well as how regional development patterns have been affecting partnerships within this region.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/reports/russia-and-asia-the-paradoxes-of-a-new-reality/
📍The report is devoted to the Valdai Club session “Open Far East in the World Economy: Achievements and Plans for the Future”, that is now taking place in Vladivostok, within the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).
#Valdai_EEF #Asia_and_Eurasia #valdai_report
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All these developments have a fundamental bearing on Russia’s policy to undertake a turn to the East, develop its Asian dimension, and readiness to build closer ties with Asian powers, as well as their receptiveness to cooperation opportunities with Russia, and, finally, the way the challenges and threats Russia and Asia face are perceived.
The authors of a new Valdai report, titled “Russia and Asia: The Paradoxes of a New Reality,” assess how Russia’s standing vis-à-vis Asian countries changed after the military and political conflict started in February 2022, as well as how regional development patterns have been affecting partnerships within this region.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/reports/russia-and-asia-the-paradoxes-of-a-new-reality/
📍The report is devoted to the Valdai Club session “Open Far East in the World Economy: Achievements and Plans for the Future”, that is now taking place in Vladivostok, within the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).
#Valdai_EEF #Asia_and_Eurasia #valdai_report
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🛒🌐 Will countries be able to ensure their independence in imports?
Especially for the Valdai Club session at the EEF-2023, titled “Open Far East in the World Economy: Achievements and Plans for the Future,” we created a videoinfographic on import substitution and import independence.
#Valdai_EEF #imports #economy
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Especially for the Valdai Club session at the EEF-2023, titled “Open Far East in the World Economy: Achievements and Plans for the Future,” we created a videoinfographic on import substitution and import independence.
#Valdai_EEF #imports #economy
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📷 On September 11, 2023, the Valdai Club held a session, titled “Open Far East in the World Economy: Achievements and Plans for the Future”, within the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum.
Photo gallery of the discussion is available in this album.
The video of the discussion is available via this link.
Stay tuned!
#Valdai_EEF #Asia #FarEast
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Photo gallery of the discussion is available in this album.
The video of the discussion is available via this link.
Stay tuned!
#Valdai_EEF #Asia #FarEast
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🌏 The East on fire: who benefits from a war in northeast Asia?
There have been no active hostilities in Northeast Asia for more than 70 years. However, today the state of affairs in the region is complicated by the growing intensity of the complex confrontation between China and the United States, which also involves American allies in the region — Japan and the Republic of Korea.
The process of creating a kind of “anti-China” on the basis of Taiwan issue, which has been carried out by Washington since the early 2000s and finally entrenched under the current democratic administration of Tsai Ing-wen, is alarming.
The United States is actually implementing the “Ukrainian scenario”, promising security guarantees and military support, as well as drawing allies — Japan and some NATO countries — into a potential conflict zone, writes Andrey Gubin.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-east-is-on-fire-who-benefits-from-a-war-in-nor/
#EconomicStatecraft #Asia #China
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There have been no active hostilities in Northeast Asia for more than 70 years. However, today the state of affairs in the region is complicated by the growing intensity of the complex confrontation between China and the United States, which also involves American allies in the region — Japan and the Republic of Korea.
The process of creating a kind of “anti-China” on the basis of Taiwan issue, which has been carried out by Washington since the early 2000s and finally entrenched under the current democratic administration of Tsai Ing-wen, is alarming.
The United States is actually implementing the “Ukrainian scenario”, promising security guarantees and military support, as well as drawing allies — Japan and some NATO countries — into a potential conflict zone, writes Andrey Gubin.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-east-is-on-fire-who-benefits-from-a-war-in-nor/
#EconomicStatecraft #Asia #China
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📆 ANNOUNCEMENT: On September 14 at 11:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host a discussion dedicated to the fate of the property of Russians abroad, titled “Confiscation of Russian Assets: Limits of Aggravation.” The participants will also discuss Russia’s possible response in modern conditions.
According to the Ministry of Finance, since the start of the special military operation in February 2022, assets of more than 3.5 million Russians worth 1.5 trillion rubles have been frozen. Blocking financial sanctions involve freezing the assets of Russian citizens and companies included in the sanctions lists. Russians are losing access to frozen property, and the countries initiating sanctions are persecuting any attempt to bring them to Russia. At the same time, calls in the West to transfer Russian property to Ukraine are growing louder.
Russia had previously refrained from retaliating, but in August, at the Council on Strategic Development and National Projects, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov proposed starting an exchange of assets of Russian citizens for assets of foreign investors.
❓What are the features of existing and developing mechanisms for the confiscation of Russian property?
❓What does the experience of Canada and the USA say?
❓What problems does the confiscation of Russian property in the EU lead to?
❓What determines Switzerland’s restrained attitude towards the issue of confiscation?
❓What might Russia’s response be?
❓What are the prospects for the escalation of the conflict between Russia and the West due to the confiscation of Russian property?
Participants in the discussion will try to answer these and other questions.
🎙️ Speakers:
🔹 Sergey Glandin, partner, lawyer at BGP Litigation
🔹 Anastasia Likhacheva, Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Politics, Higher School of Economics
🔹 Konstantin Simonov, General Director of the National Energy Security Fund, Professor at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
🔹 Dmitry Timofeev, Director of the Department for Control of External Restrictions of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
Moderator:
🗣 Ivan Timofeev, programme director of the Valdai Discussion Club
https://valdaiclub.com/events/announcements/valdai-cub-to-discuss-russian-property-abroad/
Working languages: Russian, English.
ℹ️ 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.
A link to the live broadcast of the discussion will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VKontakte, Telegram and Dzen.
#EconomicStatecraft #sanctions
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According to the Ministry of Finance, since the start of the special military operation in February 2022, assets of more than 3.5 million Russians worth 1.5 trillion rubles have been frozen. Blocking financial sanctions involve freezing the assets of Russian citizens and companies included in the sanctions lists. Russians are losing access to frozen property, and the countries initiating sanctions are persecuting any attempt to bring them to Russia. At the same time, calls in the West to transfer Russian property to Ukraine are growing louder.
Russia had previously refrained from retaliating, but in August, at the Council on Strategic Development and National Projects, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov proposed starting an exchange of assets of Russian citizens for assets of foreign investors.
❓What are the features of existing and developing mechanisms for the confiscation of Russian property?
❓What does the experience of Canada and the USA say?
❓What problems does the confiscation of Russian property in the EU lead to?
❓What determines Switzerland’s restrained attitude towards the issue of confiscation?
❓What might Russia’s response be?
❓What are the prospects for the escalation of the conflict between Russia and the West due to the confiscation of Russian property?
Participants in the discussion will try to answer these and other questions.
🎙️ Speakers:
🔹 Sergey Glandin, partner, lawyer at BGP Litigation
🔹 Anastasia Likhacheva, Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Politics, Higher School of Economics
🔹 Konstantin Simonov, General Director of the National Energy Security Fund, Professor at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
🔹 Dmitry Timofeev, Director of the Department for Control of External Restrictions of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
Moderator:
https://valdaiclub.com/events/announcements/valdai-cub-to-discuss-russian-property-abroad/
Working languages: Russian, English.
ℹ️ 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.
A link to the live broadcast of the discussion will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VKontakte, Telegram and Dzen.
#EconomicStatecraft #sanctions
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Valdai Cub to Discuss Russian Property Abroad
On September 14 at 11:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host a discussion dedicated to the fate of the property of Russians abroad, titled “Confiscation of Russian Assets: Limits of Aggravation.” The participants will also discuss Russia’s possible…
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🇺🇸🇯🇵🇰🇷 The real purpose of a trilateral summit of the leaders of the United States, Japan, and South Korea at Camp David was was aimed at strengthening military-political cooperation among the three countries, directed primarily against China, but also, albeit to a lesser extent, against North Korea and Russia.
Both Japan and South Korea are tied to the United States with military-political alliances that were formally established in 1960 and 1954, respectively, and in actuality existed even before that. However, despite the reality and significance of the American-South Korean and American-Japanese alliances, they remain extremely difficult in many ways.
With the help of the trilateral format, Washington hopes to finally solve the problem that has been a headache for American diplomats for many decades: the long-standing conflict between Japan and South Korea and the chronic unwillingness of these two countries to cooperate directly with each other on military-political issues, Andrei Lankov writes.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/america-and-the-squabbles-of-its-east-asian-allies/
#ModernDiplomacy #UnitedStates #Japan #SouthKorea
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Both Japan and South Korea are tied to the United States with military-political alliances that were formally established in 1960 and 1954, respectively, and in actuality existed even before that. However, despite the reality and significance of the American-South Korean and American-Japanese alliances, they remain extremely difficult in many ways.
With the help of the trilateral format, Washington hopes to finally solve the problem that has been a headache for American diplomats for many decades: the long-standing conflict between Japan and South Korea and the chronic unwillingness of these two countries to cooperate directly with each other on military-political issues, Andrei Lankov writes.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/america-and-the-squabbles-of-its-east-asian-allies/
#ModernDiplomacy #UnitedStates #Japan #SouthKorea
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