🗣 On Monday, November 4th, 2024, the opening 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” will take place in Sochi.

📍 The event will be held on November 4–7, 2024 in Sochi, at the Polyana 1389 hotel complex.

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.

📑 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.

ℹ️ Information for the media: Dear journalists, to be accredited for the event, please fill out the form on our web site. Accreditation closes today, 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. 

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🗣 Programme of the 21st Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club

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👥 World’s Population in 21st Century

The world’s population is expected to continue growing over the coming fifty or sixty years. It will reach a peak of around 10.3 billion in the mid-2080s in comparison with 8.3 billion in 2024. One in four people globally lives in a country whose population has already peaked in size. You can find out the UN's predictions on the development of these trends in our infographic. You can find the full infographic on our website.

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🗣 Tomorrow, November 4th, 2024, the opening 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” will take place in Sochi.

📍 The event will be held on November 4–7, 2024 in Sochi, at the Polyana 1389 hotel complex.

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.

Programme with a schedule of open sessions:

📆 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)


📆 November 5, Tuesday

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


📆 November 6, Wednesday

09:30 – 11:00 — Session 10. Habitat: Shared by Everyone, Each Uniquely (LIVE: Russian, English)


📆 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)

🗣 Full Programme of the 21st Annual Meeting

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🇷🇺🇵🇰 On November 3, 2024, on the eve of the 21st Annual Meeting, the Valdai Discussion Club and Islamabad Policy Research Institute, basing on the long-standing traditions of friendship, cooperation and sympathy between the Russian Federation and Pakistan, signed a cooperation agreement.

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🗣 Good morning! Today, November 4th, at 9:25 Moscow time (GMT+3), the opening 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” will take place in Sochi.
 
📆 Programme for 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)

Institutions and principles that were inherent in the international system during the second half of last century and the beginning of this century have been unable to fulfil their regulatory functions. Could conflict represent a painful but constructive way to achieve a new equilibrium? Or, are the costs of conflict so high in today’s interconnected world that agreement is the only path to an acceptable outcome? How can we achieve these agreements?

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

Today, Eurasia is not only the focus of the most significant international developments in politics and economics, but also the platform for the emergence of a new type of interaction. While this system is still taking shape, the future Eurasian comprehensive security system has the potential to demonstrate to the world novel principles that function in changed circumstances.

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

The concept of “civilization” has been known for a long time, but it has been interpreted in different, sometimes diametrically opposed, ways. Some have understood “civilization” as the level of cultural and political advancement achieved in the Western world, which should serve as a model for others. This has led to conflicts, ranging from socio-cultural to geopolitical disputes. Another interpretation is that “civilization” is a unique set of principles for organizing social and political existence within each cultural and historical context. This is not an easy path, but it may lay the groundwork for a qualitatively different international engagement. There are more and more signs that this approach holds promise for the future.

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

The Ukrainian conflict is the quintessence of contradictions and imbalances that have built up in international politics since the end of the Cold War. The path to peace lies through the development of new common foundations for coexistence and cooperation.

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🎥 LIVE: at 09:25 Moscow time (GMT+3), the opening of the 21st Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club will take place. The presentation of the Valdai Discussion Club’s Annual Report, titled “The World From the Bottom Up or The Masterpieces of Eurasian Architecture,” will follow the opening. Watch the live broadcast:

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🎥 LIVE: at 11:30 Moscow time (GMT+3) Session 1 of the 21st Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, titled “Conflict or Agreement? What Will Most Likely Resolve Differences in the Post-Globalization Era?,” starts. Watch the live broadcast:

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🇷🇺 In Russian

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🌞 Countries of the Global South

Why has the world been divided into the Global North and Global South in the 21st century? Who are the members of these macro-groups, how did they form, what do the countries within these groups have in common and how do they differ? You can learn about this and how the Global South countries are developing their relations with Russia and other powers in our video infographic.

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1️⃣ Session 1 of the 21st Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club “Conflict or Agreement? What Will Most Likely Resolve Differences in the Post-Globalization Era?”

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2️⃣ Session 2 of the 21st Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, titled “Eurasian Security: New Principles, New Opportunities.”

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