🗣 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ The year 2023 has shown that Greater Eurasia and Asia are, so far, resistant to negative external influences, which have had the most dramatic consequences in Europe and the Middle East.

There are no opposing military-political alliances in Asia and Eurasia, and the so-called “geopolitical fault lines” only exist in the imagination of especially impressible readers of American newspapers. This is due to peculiarities of the political culture there, but also to the general trends of international life at the present stage.

1️⃣ First, despite the fact that this macroregion has its own experience of severe interstate confrontation, turning to violent conflict as the go-to means of achieving goals is not a central part of the foreign policy culture here.

In other words, when the peoples of the West take arms and see conflict as the solution to difficult situations, the peaceful resolution of disputes is preferable for Asia and Eurasia.

2️⃣ Second, the associations of states emerging in Asia and Eurasia are not aimed at achieving aggressive goals in relation to third countries. They are primarily aimed at implementing the development goals of their members and maintaining their internal stability. Therefore, now in Asia and Eurasia there are no unions created to ensure a privileged position for their members in relation to the rest of the macroregion.

3️⃣ Third, within the macroregion there are no relatively large states that would act as “agents” of extra-regional actors. The only countries that may be an exception in this sense are Japan and South Korea.

Asia and Eurasia remain a space of cooperation, not competition, and the leading regional powers are able to achieve terms that would be comparatively fair for their smaller partners, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/asia-and-eurasia-in-2023-shaping-a-new-internation/

#valdai_year2023 #Asia_and_Eurasia #Eurasia #Asia

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2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ Dear Friends! We are happy to announce new Valdai Club Programmes for 2024:

🗣 Global Alternatives // Programme Director — Oleg Barabanov

#GlobalAlternatives

🗣 Wider Eurasia // Programme Director — Timofei Bordachev

#WiderEurasia

🗣 Multipolarity and Connectivity // Programme Director — Ivan Timofeev

#Multipolarity_and_Connectivity

🗣 The Return of Diplomacy? // Programme Director — Andrey Sushentsov

#Return_of_Diplomacy

Follow this link to find out more about the Programmes: https://valdaiclub.com/programmes/

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⚔️ The key participants in the Ukrainian crisis — the USA, the EU, Ukraine and Russia — are now convinced that the conflict will be protracted and that struggle for initiative will be the dominant factor.

Russian actions such as the strengthening of the armed forces and military production, effectively redirecting foreign trade to the East, and developing relations with China and otherp allies indicate a readiness to “play the long game.”

The fundamental difference between the current situation and how things stood at the beginning of the Special Military Operation is that previously, Ukraine had the opportunity to be a subject of negotiations, but today it is no longer such, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Andrey Sushentsov.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/ukraine-palestine-taiwan-key-tension-in-2024

#Return_of_Diplomacy #militaryconflict #WorldOrder

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⛔️ What will the sanctions policy against Russia be in 2024? Is it possible to predict the priorities of such a policy? Yes, it is quite easy.

We will see the further expansion of blocking and trade sanctions, as well as the development of mechanisms for the confiscation of Russian assets. More importantly, we will see systematic attempts to force businesses from third countries to refuse to cooperate with Russia, especially in the field of industrial supplies and technological cooperation. These are the three areas, which allow us to deduce the base-case scenario of anti-Russian sanctions in 2024.

Key decisions on sanctions in 2024 are already embedded in current political decisions, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Ivan Timofeev. 

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/is-it-possible-to-predict-sanctions-for-2024-yes

#Multipolarity_and_Connectivity #sanctions

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🎥 Africa’s Potential

By the late 19th century, European powers had completed the colonial division of Africa getting access to the continent’s resources. Most African countries only gained independence in the mid-20th century. At the same time, the list of important resources that this continent possesses has only increased over the past decades, and European industry largely depends on them. For more information on Africa’s potential, watch our video infographic.

#valdai_infogaphics #Africa

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🗺️ In 2023, many of us finally realized that the collapse of the past international order wasn’t a disaster, and contains far more positive things for the development of the whole world.

Among signs of a new international order, several of the most important features can be seen.

1️⃣ First, the emergence of democratic multipolarity, symbolized by the BRICS association.

2️⃣ Second, the gradual erosion of the monopoly of a narrow group of states in various sectors of the world economy.

3️⃣ Third, the revival of foreign policy activity of the majority of countries, which we define as the World Majority.

The World Majority countries do not set themselves the task of breaking the existing international order and destroying globalisation. However, they are gradually increasing the degree of their independence in determining foreign policy decisions and economic partnerships, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/signs-of-a-new-international-order

#WiderEurasia #geopolitics #NewWorldOrder

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🇮🇳🇷🇺 Reminder: The first Valdai Club Russia-India conference, organised jointly with the Club’s partner, the Vivekananda Foundation, will be held on January 8 in New Delhi. 

The one-day programme will include an open discussion, a meeting with representatives of the National Security Advisory Council, an opening session and two thematic sessions, at which experts will discuss the following issues:

🔹 Trends in the transformation of the world order (multipolarity, regional and international security, sanctions);
🔹 Bilateral relations between Russia and India.

🎥 Watch the live broadcast of the public talk on our website on January 8 at 12:00 (Moscow time).

Working languages: English.

ℹ️ Information for the media: Dear journalists, to be accredited for the event, please fill out the form on our website. If you have any questions about the event, call +79269307763. 

Links to the live broadcast of the open sessions will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VKontakte, Telegram and Dzen.

#Valdai_ThinkTank #India

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⚛️ Nuclear Energy

The first nuclear power plant was built just 70 years ago. Paradoxically, nuclear energy is one of the safest types of energy and the cleanest. Why nuclear power has fallen into decline and what could be its alternative in the green transition you can learn from our videoinfographic.

#valdai_infogaphics #NuclearEnergy

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⏰ TOMORROW, January 8, New Delhi will host the first Russia-India conference of the Valdai Club, organised jointly with the Club’s partner, the Vivekananda Foundation. 

The one-day programme will include an open discussion, a meeting with representatives of the National Security Advisory Council, an opening session and two thematic sessions, at which experts will discuss the following issues:

🔹 Trends in the transformation of the world order (multipolarity, regional and international security, sanctions);
🔹 Bilateral relations between Russia and India.

🎥 Watch the live broadcast of the public talk on our website tomorrow, on January 8, at 12:00 (Moscow time).

Working languages: English.

The link to the live broadcast of the open discussion will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VKontakte, Telegram and Dzen.

#Valdai_ThinkTank #India

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🎥 LIVE: at 12:00 (Moscow time) we are starting the live broadcast of the public talk “International Turbulence: Challenges and Opportunities for India-Russia relations.”

https://valdaiclub.com/multimedia/video/live-talk-on-international-turbulence/

📍The discussion is organised within the framework of the first Valdai Club Russia-India conference in New Delhi, jointly with the Vivekananda Foundation. 

#Valdai_ThinkTank #India

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🇮🇳 Arvind Gupta, Director of the Vivekananda Foundation, moderator of the discussion:

◽️ It’s very important that India and Russia continue to have engagement with each other amid the world’s turbulence and uncertainty.

◽️ India and Russia have a good level of partnership through several decades and it’s important that India and Russia continue to talk to each other.

🎥 Public talk “International Turbulence: Challenges and Opportunities for India-Russia relations”

#Valdai_ThinkTank #India

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