🤖 Modern robots have different abilities, vary in design features and can perform many different functions. They can be used in household, production, education, healthcare, security, military operations. Robots improve working conditions and safety and can replace people to work in hostile environments. However, the wider use of robots may also have negative consequences.

The new videoinfograpic of the Valdai Discussion Club discusses some issues associated with the development of robotics.

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🪖 Most Effective Armies of the World

The effectiveness of the armed forces of different countries was assessed using 73 attributes and characteristics. 87 countries took part in the rating.

See our infographic on most effective armies of the world.

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🗺️ BRICS countries are among the largest in the world by territory. Moreover, 15 countries applied for BRICS membership.

Especially for the presentation of a new Valdai Club report “Global Inequality: Will the BRICS Countries Succeed in ‘Steering’ the Global Economy,” we created an infographic on BRICS.

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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.

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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.

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🌱 2023 was a year of climate records around the world. There are risks of extreme weather conditions. By the end of this century, between a third and half of the world’s population — three to six billion people — could be pushed beyond the “livable zones”.

We created an infographic on consequences of climate change in 2023. The full infographic is available on the website.

#valdai_infogaphics #ClimateChange

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🗺️ BRICS – is a platform for partnership between states whose interests coincide in the following areas: politics, economics and security.

BRICS in 2024 unites 45% of the earth's land mass, 46% of the world's population, 47% of World GDP. Watch our video infographic to find out more about BRICS in 2024.

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👥 Some countries in the Middle East remain hotbeds of tension for many years and even decades, generating flows of refugees and internally displaced persons.

Especially for the 13th Middle East Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, we created an infographic on modern conflicts in the Middle East. The high-res infographic is available on the website.

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⚔️ This infographic demonstrates the number of military personnel, military budgets and the number of units of various types of military equipment in 2023. The infographic on military capabilities of the Middle East countries was prepared especially for the 13th Middle East conference of the Valdai Discussion Club.

The high-res infographic is available on the website.

#MiddleEastValdai #valdai_infogaphics #MiddleEast #military

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☢️ The first nuclear tests took place in the United States in July 1945. Thus began the era of nuclear weapons.

Such tests may serve different purposes. Since nuclear weapons are the most powerful weapons ever invented by mankind, it is necessary to imagine all the possible consequences.

We created an infographic on nuclear tests.

#valdai_infogaphics #NuclearWeapons

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💸 World economy in debt

The first debts appeared long before the first money. Currently, global debt is more than 2 times greater than global GDP. The largest economies are usually the largest borrowers. In our videoinfographic, you can find out what the dangers of these economic policies are.

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🗑️ On average, each person wastes 79 kg of food annually. This is the equivalent of 1.3 meals every day for everyone in the world impacted by hunger.

We prepared an infographic on the problem of food waste increasing throughout the world. Find the high-res infographic on our website.

#valdai_infogaphics #ecology #waste

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🏹 Arms trade as a phenomenon appeared in the 16th-17th centuries. Major periods in the history of arms trade include the Cold War and beyond. Arms trade directly affects the stability of peace on the planet. How the arms trade is regulated and how trends in arms exports and imports are changing can be found in our videoinfographic.

📍The infographic was prepared especially for Valdai special session “Conflict or Harmony? The Secret of Proper Development in the 21st Century” within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2024. Watch the live broadcast of the session today at 15:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3) on our website.

#valdai_infogaphics #ArmsTrade #SPIEF2024

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🌍🛢️ The establishment of OPEC+ in 2016 was a part of the global system entered a transitional phase. OPEC+ reflects the change that has occurred in the matrix of major powers and the transformation of China and Russia into two vertices of the triangle of the global system along with the United States; the global system has become multi-sided.

On the other hand, the establishment of OPEC+ reflects the increase in energy supplies in the global market, after the discovery of shale gas in the United States, and the resulting decline in oil prices. We created an infographic on oil production from OPEC+.

#valdai_infogaphics #OPEC #oil

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