⏰ TODAY at 11:00 Moscow Time, the Valdai Club will host a discussion on the prospects for Russian-Japanese relations.

❓What are the prospects and challenges facing Russian-Japanese cooperation in the current environment?
❓In what areas is dialogue between the two countries still possible and especially necessary?

The panelists will try to answer these and other questions.

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

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🎥 LIVE: at 11:00 Moscow Time, we are starting a discussion on the prospects for Russian-Japanese relations.

https://vk.com/video-214192832_456239199

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🗣 On July 3, 2024, the Valdai Discussion Club held a discussion on the prospects for Russian-Japanese relations.

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🌐 In contemporary international relations, the balance between conflict and harmony is continually negotiated.

The rise of global challenges traditional notions of warfare and necessitates cooperative, multilateral approaches. By integrating insights from neuroscience, world leadership capabilities, and international relations theory, it is possible to create a global community of shared values and attitudes among nation leaders.

Through these efforts, leaders can work together more effectively to address trade, economic and technology challenges, promote peace, and create a more just and harmonious international community, in pursuit of a more just and peaceful world, writes Rahakundini Bakrie Connie.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/conflict-or-harmony-russia-s-global-leadership/

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🇷🇺🇯🇵 Can Russia and Japan restore previous dialogue?

On July 3, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion dedicated to the prospects for Russian-Japanese relations.

💬 Moderator Timofei Bordachev noted that against the background of the military-political crisis between Russia and the West, relations between Russia and Japan are going through an interesting period when both sides are looking for opportunities to maintain cooperation and dialogue in unfavorable conditions.

💬 Taisuke Abiru, Senior Research Fellow at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, said the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pursued a very active foreign policy towards Russia. This was partly due to the desire to sign a peace treaty with Russia, and partly due to the rise of China and the desire against the background of this to create a more favourable balance of power for Japan in Asia. Japan changed its policy towards Russia after the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis, joining the bloc of Western countries out of fear that East Asia could also become a battlefield in the future. Now the country has rolled out Western sanctions, is increasing defence spending, and is strengthening relations with South Korea, the United States and the European countries. At the same time, it seeks to normalise relations with China. However, according to Abiru, this policy aimed at strengthening security is missing an important piece related to Russia. Japan-Russia relations continue to deteriorate, but if Japan wants to stabilise the security situation in the region, strategic dialogue with Russia is mandatory.

💬 Vasily Kashin, Director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics pointed out that the attempt to bring Russia and Japan closer under Shinzo Abe failed due to external factors, as happened in the past. This time, such a factor is US-Japanese relations. Japan tried to respond to China's growing influence by strengthening ties with Russia and India and its alliance with the United States. However, at some point it turned out that it was impossible to simultaneously develop cooperation with Russia and strengthen the alliance with the United States. The influence of the American side was aimed at undermining any signs of establishing Russian-Japanese cooperation, and Japan has always opted for an alliance with the United States.

In 2022, Tokyo actually sacrificed relations with Russia in order to strengthen the alliance with the United States, justify increasing military spending and carry out reforms in the military sphere, as well as strengthen the authority of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Kashin believes. However, the factors that underlay previous attempts at dialogue have not gone away, and in the future we will still see attempts to restore Russian-Japanese relations and agree on certain principles for them, he is convinced.

https://valdaiclub.com/events/posts/articles/can-russia-and-japan-restore-previous-dialogue/

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🗣 #AfricanValdai: On July 24, 2024, the Valdai Discussion Club will hold its second Russian-African conference, titled “Russia – Africa: A strategy for cooperation in a multipolar world.”

📍 It will be held in Africa for the first time - in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

The Valdai Club's partners in organising the conference are the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Tanzania and the Russian House in Dar es Salaam.

🌍 Up to 40 experts from Russia and East African countries who are involved in the expert activities of the Valdai Club and, more broadly, in Russian-African cooperation will take part in the conference.

Building a fair, equal, multipolar world and unobstructed, unrestricted trade relations is equally important for both Russia and its African partners, as is taking into account the values of developing countries and their interests. The purpose of the conference is to compare positions on the entire cycle of these problems, and bring them to a point where Russia and African countries can apply similar approaches and implement similar paths of development in real politics.

The Russia-Africa conference will be completely open to the media. The programme lasts one day and includes an opening and four thematic sessions. The conference will be opened on July 24 at 9:30am Moscow Time by Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club, Andrei Avetisyan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Republic of Tanzania.

During the sessions, experts will discuss the following topics:

• A year after the Russia-Africa summit: political dialogue between Russia and African countries at the present stage;
• Cooperation for development: economics and technology;
• Russian and African approaches to climate change;
• Shared values and cultural cooperation.

📑 An international team of authors has prepared a new Valdai Club report especially for the conference, titled “Prospects and tasks of Russian-African cooperation”, which summarizes the first results of decisions made and agreements signed a year after the Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg, as well as a Valdai Paper: “Tanzanian virgin soil for Russian business. Prospects for cooperation in the agricultural sector.” Their presentation will take place on July 18 at the Moscow site of the Valdai Club.

https://valdaiclub.com/events/announcements/russia-africa-strategy-for-cooperation-in-a-multipolar-world-the-2nd-african-conference-of-the-valda/

Working language: English.

ℹ️ Attention! Representatives of the Media are allowed to the Conference strictly with a prior registration and confirmation from the organizers.

In order to be accredited for the event, please  fill out the form on our website. Accreditation is open until 12:00 noon Moscow time on July 19. If you have any questions, please write to [email protected].

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🌍 EU foreign minister Josep Borrell once defined Europe as a garden of prosperity surrounded mainly by jungle. But what are the roots of this garden?

The pain, blood, violence, murder and absolute exploitation of the peoples of the world, including Europeans; the extermination of populations, cultures and identities across continents for 500 years.

We are living at a pivotal moment in history. For the first time in almost 500 years, the Western hegemony is being challenged militarily, economically, technologically and philosophically to a degree where the West could lose its dominance with the emergence of a truly multipolar world.

This is the moment to reassess our beliefs. The objective of such reassessment is not to negate the Western contribution to the human civilisation, but to uncover the limitation of that model; to take advantage of the factual achievements together with inputs and knowledge all around the word to create a wiser system that is more inclusive for the vast majority of humanity, writes Ibrahima Diagne.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/thinking-laterally-how-to-create-a-more-inclusive/

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📆 ANNOUNCEMENT: On July 9 at 11:00am Moscow Time, the Valdai Club will host an expert discussion on the results of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Russia.

The Indian Prime Minister's visit is his first official trip abroad following the country's elections. The agenda of the meeting between Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin touched on a wide range of issues affecting bilateral relations, as well as cooperation on multilateral platforms. These high-level negotiations are a signal that the particularly privileged strategic partnership between the two countries will be preserved and grow.

Moscow and Delhi are brought together by the desire to pursue an independent and sovereign political course, the identity of state-civilizations, and a similar vision of the world order as a multipolar area built on equal interaction between states.

❓How will the visit of the Indian Prime Minister affect the bilateral dialogue?
❓What answers can be given to India's concerns about strengthening ties between Russia and China?
❓How do US diplomatic efforts to build relations with India affect Russian-Indian ties?
❓How can we overcome the problems of mutual settlements and the threat of secondary sanctions?

Participants in the discussion will try to answer these and other questions.

🎙️ Speakers:

🇷🇺 Lidia Kulik, Head of India Studies, Skolkovo Institute for Emerging Markets Research

🇮🇳 Zorawar Daulet Singh, Visiting Fellow, Strategic Initiatives Forum

🇮🇳 Venkatesh Varma, Honorary Research Fellow, Vivekananda Foundation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Russia (2018–2021)

Moderator:

🗣 Ivan Timofeev, programme director of the Valdai Discussion Club

https://valdaiclub.com/events/announcements/valdai-club-to-discuss-results-of-narendra-modi-s-visit-to-russia/

Working languages: Russian, 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 discussion will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VK, Telegram and Dzen. 

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📆 ANNOUNCEMENT: On July 10, at 16:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host a discussion, titled “Russia in the World: Results of the Foreign Policy Season 2023-2024.”

The recent period has been a particularly successful one for Russia’s foreign policy. This can be seen in the expansion of the BRICS, the addition of new members to the SCO, and the increasing reach of Russia’s global presence. President Putin’s visit to China following his re-election, his recent visits to North Korea and Vietnam, the deepening cooperation between Russia and Iran, joint military exercises with China, and naval exercises held by Russia in the Atlantic demonstrate new priorities in Russia’s foreign policy strategy.

Vladimir Putin’s statement regarding Russia’s potential supply of weapons to adversaries of several NATO countries demonstrates Moscow’s preparedness to take retaliatory actions in the event of increased military support for Ukraine. The 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, which seemed promising to Russia’s opponents, was intended to culminate in a “peace summit” in Switzerland, where an ultimatum was to be presented to Russia. However, Russian military operations and diplomatic efforts thwarted these plans.

Thus, both the Ukrainian offensive and the planned conference in Switzerland ended in a failure. Russia’s proposals for conflict resolution outlined during the Istanbul negotiations in April 2022 had been rejected.

❓Given these developments, what can be expected from the upcoming foreign policy period?
❓How will the crisis in Ukraine evolve, and what are the prospects for a resolution?

Participants in this discussion will address these and other questions.

🎙️ Speakers:

🇷🇺 Andrey Rudenko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia @MFARussia

🇷🇺 Vladimir Chizhov, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defence and Security

🇷🇺 Alexey Krivopalov, Senior Research Fellow of the Central Asia Sector, Fellow of the Post-Soviet Studies Centre, IMEMO

🇿🇦 David Monyae, Director, Centre for China-Africa Studies, University of Johannesburg

Moderator:

🗣 Ivan Timofeev @sanctionsrisk, programme director of the Valdai Discussion Club

https://valdaiclub.com/events/announcements/valdai-club-to-discuss-results-of-the-foreign-policy-season-2023-2024/

Working languages: Russian, 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 discussion 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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🎥 LIVE: at 11:00am Moscow Time, the Valdai Club will host an expert discussion on the results of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Russia.

https://vk.com/video-214192832_456239200

#Multipolarity_and_Connectivity #India #IndiaRussia #NarendraModi

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🗣 On July 9, 2024, the Valdai Discussion Club held an expert discussion on the results of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Russia.

📷 Photo gallery

🎥 Video

#Multipolarity_and_Connectivity #India #IndiaRussia #NarendraModi

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