🇮🇳🌏 India's vision for Eurasia focuses on promoting stability and peace, which are achievable through collaborative efforts to address common security threats and safeguard shared interests.

When considering India's engagement in greater Eurasia, it is vital to understand its four main priorities:

1️⃣ Promoting Multipolarity

India's approach to the world is greatly influenced by the concept of multipolarity, which underscores the need for a balanced distribution of power and influence among major global players. This perspective reflects India's commitment to a fair and inclusive global order that respects different nations’ diverse viewpoints and perspectives (especially the Global South).

2️⃣ Regional diplomacy

As an emerging economic and political actor in the Indian subcontinent, India plays a crucial role in shaping the geopolitical landscape of Greater Eurasia. With its longstanding relationships with the countries of Central Asia, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia countries, India has been actively engaged in regional diplomacy to promote security, stability, and economic cooperation.

3️⃣ Pursuing Economic Opportunities

India is firmly committed to exploring economic opportunities throughout the wider Eurasian region. By identifying the potential for mutually beneficial partnerships and collaborations, India aims to leverage its growing economy and expanding market to further economic growth and development in the region.

4️⃣ Addressing Security Concerns

In today's interconnected world, addressing security challenges that transcend national borders is imperative. Regional and global cooperation are crucial in tackling these issues. India is dedicated to actively participating in security initiatives within the Greater Eurasia region.

India should prioritise strengthening its strategic partnerships with key players in the Eurasian region, including Russia and the Central Asian countries, writes Pravesh Kumar Gupta.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/priorities-for-international-cooperation/

#WiderEurasia #India

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📆 ANNOUNCEMENT: On October 18 at 11:00 a.m. Moscow time, the Valdai Club will host a presentation of the new report “BRICS+ Energy: A Mover for the New World Order” on the eve of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia. 

At the meeting in Nizhny Novgorod as part of the current Russian chairmanship, the BRICS foreign ministers agreed to develop mutual energy cooperation. In a joint statement, they emphasised that universal access to energy resources is the most important foundation for economic development, social stability, national security and the well-being of all countries.

❓How will joining the community of Middle Eastern powers change the balance of power in the energy market?
❓What are the prospects for BRICS consolidation in energy?
❓What role will the energy agenda play at the upcoming summit in Kazan?

The author of the report and the participants in the discussion will try to answer these and other questions.

🎙️ Speakers:

🇷🇺 Alexey Grivach, Deputy Director General for Gas Problems of the National Energy Security Fund (NESF) (author of the report)

🇮🇳 Nivedita Das Kundu, Professor, Faculty of International Relations, Uzbekistan State University of World Languages  

Moderator:

🗣 Ivan Timofeev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club

https://valdaiclub.com/events/announcements/valdai-club-to-present-a-report-brics-energy-a-mover-for-the-new-world-order/

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

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. 

#Multipolarity_and_Connectivity #BRICS #energy

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russia – China: ‘Back to Back’ and ‘Face to Face’

On October 14-15, 2024, a joint conference was held in Moscow between the Valdai Discussion Club and East China Normal University. ECNU is one of the long-standing partners of the Valdai Club; our joint events have been held for many years.

This year's conference was titled ”Stability and Potential: Russia and China on the 75th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations”. Its results are summarized by Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Club.

https://valdaiclub.com/events/posts/articles/russia-china-back-to-back-and-face-to-face/

#ChineseValdai

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🔋 Even in the original five-country format, BRICS looked like a formidable energy conglomerate.

It included the world’s largest hydrocarbons exporter (Russia) and the largest consumer of energy resources (China). After the expansion on January 1, 2024, the group emerged as a real energy giant.

With the addition of the three hydrocarbon powers, BRICS now holds about 40 percent of the world’s proven oil reserves and more than 50 percent of gas reserves. On the demand end, the group accounts for 47 percent of the planet’s primary energy consumption, almost 50 percent above that of the G7 countries (including the European Union).

It is a hard fact that the centre of energy consumption is shifting from the developed countries, united under the G7 brand, to the so-called ‘emerging markets.’ But the scale of that transformation over the last thirty years has been truly monumental, writes Alexey Grivach, the author of a new #valdai_report “BRICS+ Energy: A Mover for the New World Order”.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/reports/brics-energy-a-mover-for-the-new-world-order/

⏰ The presentation of the report will take place today at 11:00 a.m. Moscow time. Watch the live broadcast on our website.

📑 Report “BRICS+ Energy: A Mover for the New World Order” in PDF

#Multipolarity_and_Connectivity #BRICS #energy

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🎥 LIVE: at 11:00 a.m. Moscow time, the Valdai Club will host a presentation of the new report “BRICS+ Energy: A Mover for the New World Order” on the eve of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia. 

https://vk.com/video-214192832_456239211

📑 Report “BRICS+ Energy: A Mover for the New World Order”

#Multipolarity_and_Connectivity #BRICS #energy #valdai_report

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🇮🇩🇷🇺 On October 20, the newly elected President of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, who had previously served as the country's Minister of Defence, will officially take office.

Already in the period between the elections and the inauguration, Prabowo has demonstrated a great deal of diplomatic activity. He conducted a series of international visits and meetings, including a visit to Russia this summer, where he had a conversation with Vladimir Putin and a meeting at the Ministry of Defence. 

History and historical memory provide us with a good opportunity to strengthen bilateral ties between Russia and Indonesia in today's world, writes Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/prospects-for-indonesian-foreign-policy/

#GlobalAlternatives #Indonesia

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🗣 On October 18, 2024, the Valdai Club hosted a presentation of the new report “BRICS+ Energy: A Mover for the New World Order” on the eve of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia. 

📷 Photo gallery

🎥 Video

📑 Report “BRICS+ Energy: A Mover for the New World Order” in PDF

#Multipolarity_and_Connectivity #BRICS #energy #valdai_report

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🤝🔋 Energy Cooperation within BRICS: Revolutionary Resistance

On October 18, on the eve of the BRICS summit in Kazan, the Valdai Club hosted a presentation of a report titled “BRICS+ Energy: A Mover for the New World Order.”

💬 Ivan Timofeev, the moderator of the discussion, noted that although the BRICS agenda is quite broad, energy occupies a special place in the group’s agenda, since Russia is the largest supplier of energy resources, and India, China, and Brazil are dynamically growing economic giants that need larger volumes of supplies. The international situation is also favourable for expanding energy cooperation between the group’s countries.

💬 Alexey Grivach, Deputy Director General for Gas Problems of the National Energy Security Fund (NESF) and author of the report, pointed out that the centre of energy development is shifting toward the Global South, particularly the Asia-Pacific region and the BRICS countries. More than thirty years ago, the "collective West" thought that it had won once and for all and that history had ended. However, life has shattered this illusion, and now the BRICS countries are defending their positions in the world. The rate of economic growth in most BRICS countries is also higher than in the West.

In addition, BRICS is a serious energy conglomerate, which has further strengthened its position after expansion. Electricity production, which can be considered a measure of economic power, has grown in the group's countries almost five-fold. He added that in the context of sanctions pressure, the BRICS countries and all countries that want to develop without heeding the dictates of the West are faced with the task of building infrastructure, institutions, and instruments for energy trade. “Our resistance must grow, and this should become one of the main areas of BRICS’ work,” the author of the Valdai Club report believes.

💬 Nivedita Das Kundu, Professor at the Faculty of International Relations at the Uzbekistan State University of World Languages, briefly outlined India’s approach to energy cooperation within BRICS. In her opinion, the topic of the report is “very significant.” The global balance of power is now shifting towards developing economies, and this affects the political and geostrategic situation around the world, she said. Energy cooperation among BRICS member countries serves to break the Western monopoly and hegemony and advances the multilateral agenda. Das Kundu acknowledged that the BRICS group has now adopted a certain anti-Western attitude, and this raises certain concerns for India, which fundamentally adheres to a neutral position and does not want to join the blocs. However, she called the emergence of BRICS+ a good step that facilitates the transition to a new world order.

https://valdaiclub.com/events/posts/articles/energy-cooperation-within-brics-revolutionary-resistance/

#Multipolarity_and_Connectivity #BRICS #energy #valdai_report

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🗣 #valdai2024: The 21st Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club will be held on November 4–7, 2024 in Sochi, at the Polyana 1389 hotel complex. The name of this year’s event is “Lasting Peace on What Basis? Common Security and Equal Opportunities for Development in the 21st Century”.

The main idea of the discussions at the 21st Annual Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club is that the architecture of the system of international relations is moving towards a polycentric structure, but the world is not disintegrating into its constituent parts or losing its integrity. As a result, the presence of global problems implies that the entire world, with its aggregate set of approaches and ideas, is engaged in a search for solutions, not just the Western countries. The search for a unified project that can unite humanity beyond inevitable geopolitical differences to solve universal problems is extremely relevant.

The goal of the conference, which will bring together 140 participants from 50 countries, is to offer non-Western ideas for solving global problems, to make it clear that the leading developed countries do not have a monopoly on formulating the goals and methods of development. The discussions will cover all the main global topics, from the environment and inequality to artificial intelligence and methods of conflict resolution.

📑 A special report, titled “The World From the Bottom Up, or The Masterpieces of Eurasian Architecture” has been prepared for the 21st Annual meeting, offering a framework for discussing the issues outlined during the sessions.

The sessions of the meeting will be structured in a distributed fashion to assess the designated tasks. The agenda will include: the opening and presentation of the annual report, ten thematic sessions, a special session and an open discussion.

Foreign representatives have taken an interest in participating in the annual Valdai forum throughout its entire existence, and this year is no different.

The country balance between representatives of the Global South and participants from Western countries, which first became apparent after the start of the special operation in Ukraine, remains at the same level. Just like in real life, the Global South continues to dominate the conference.

Working languages: Russian, English.

ℹ️ Information for the media: Dear journalists, to be accredited for the event, please fill out the form on our web site. Accreditation closes on November 1 at 12:00 noon Moscow Time (GMT+3). If you have any questions about the event, please call +79269307763.

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

Follow this link to learn more

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🗣 Programme of the 21st Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club “Lasting Peace on What Basis? Common Security and Equal Opportunities for Development in the 21st Century”

📍 Sochi, November 4-7, 2024
 
📆 November 4, Monday
 
09:25 – 09:30 — Opening of the 21st Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club (LIVE: Russian, English)

09:30 – 11:00 — The World From the Bottom Up or The Masterpieces of Eurasian Architecture. Presentation of the Valdai Discussion Club’s Annual Report (LIVE: Russian, English)

11:30 – 13:00 — Session 1. Conflict or Agreement? What Will Most Likely Resolve Differences in the Post-Globalization Era? (LIVE: Russian, English)

14:00 – 15:30 — Session 2. Eurasian Security: New Principles, New Opportunities

16:00 – 17:30 — Session 3. Understanding Civilization in the 21st Century? Symphony Instead of Collision

19:00 – 20:30 — Session 4. A Formula of War and an Equation of Peace. A Fair Solution to the Ukrainian Crisis Amid the General Changes

 
📆 November 5, Tuesday
 
09:30 – 11:00 — Session 5. Is There a World Majority? What Unites Countries Outside the “Collective West” (LIVE: Russian, English)

11:30 – 13:00 — Meeting with Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

14:00 – 15:30 — Session 6. Fire in the Middle East and Prospects for World Peace

16:00 – 17:30 — Session 7. Society of Equal Opportunities. What Does This Mean in the 21st Century?

19:00 – 20:30 — Session 8. Artificial Intelligence – A Revolution or a Fashion Trend?

 
📆 November 6, Wednesday
 
09:30 – 11:00 — Session 9. Habitat: Shared by Everyone, Each Uniquely (LIVE: Russian, English)

11:30 – 13:00 — Meeting with Alexander Novak, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation

14:00 – 15:30 — Meeting with Maxim Oreshkin, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office

16:00 – 17:30 — Session 10. Transparency. Surveillance. Manipulation. The Role of Information in the Era of Global Shifts

19:00 – 20:30 — Special session. US Elections: What Can the World Expect From America? Discussion of the preliminary results of the US presidential election

 
📆 November 7, Thursday
 
09:30 – 11:00 — Open Discussion – The Valdai Conference Results (LIVE: Russian, English)

Plenary Session. Security for Each and Everyone. Together Into a New World (LIVE: Russian, English)

https://valdaiclub.com/events/posts/articles/programme-of-the-21st-annual-meeting-of-the-valdai-discussion-club/

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🌍🌐 The expansion of BRICS in 2024 has undoubtedly increased Africa’s weight in international affairs and contributed to the ongoing discussion on the complexities of multipolarity.

As new regional players Egypt and Ethiopia have joined the group, both South Africa and northeast Africa are represented in BRICS, opening possibilities for deeper interstate ties, as well as new financial agreements on the establishment of logistics routes. This could potentially lead to a reduction in financial risks and attract large investments to the region.

Expanding the African presence in BRICS is also seen as beneficial to each BRICS country individually: China and India as the two largest investors in Africa, while Russia as a political force that is interested in moving the world towards multipolarity, and Brazil is a country that has a special historical connection with Africa.

How the objective strengthening of the continent’s global position will correlate with these pragmatic demands and whether there is room for more African voices in BRICS is discussed by Daria Zelenova, Head of the BRICS African Strategy Centre, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/african-agendas-in-brics-complications/

#GlobalAlternatives #BRICS #BRICS2024

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🇱🇧🇮🇱 Amid the current regional realities, agreement on the maritime border is becoming less and less advantageous for Lebanon and Israel.

Two incidents involving the detonation of communication devices, the liquidation of the Hezbollah Secretary General, and the IDF's operation Northern Arrows most aptly reflect the situation on the Lebanese-Israeli border over a period of just over a month.

Against this background, the "historic" agreement on the demarcation of the maritime border, signed two years ago and designed to pave the way for reconciliation between the two warring states, has remained in the shadows.

The reason for such inattention could be a complex array of foreign economic and domestic political factors that have predetermined the inability of the deal on the division of gas fields to contribute to preventing escalation, writes Elizaveta Yakimova.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/gas-for-peace-why-the-lebanese-israeli-maritime/

#Multipolarity_and_Connectivity #Lebanon #Israel

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