🌏🧊 The Arctic and the Far East are unique and strategically important territories for Russia, which provide a high degree of integration into the world's transport and logistics system, opportunities for the development of new green technologies and a unique investment climate, created in recent years.
👉 Special for Valdai Club's participation in the Eastern Economic Forum we created an infographic on global opportunities for the Far East and the Arctic. The Valdai Club session, titled “Global Challenges and Opportunities for the Far East and the Arctic”, took place on September 2 in Vladivostok.
Follow this link to find the full high-res infographic.
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👉 Special for Valdai Club's participation in the Eastern Economic Forum we created an infographic on global opportunities for the Far East and the Arctic. The Valdai Club session, titled “Global Challenges and Opportunities for the Far East and the Arctic”, took place on September 2 in Vladivostok.
Follow this link to find the full high-res infographic.
#EEF2021 #EEF @roscongress
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🎥 Global warming and economy recovery after Covid make impact on Arctic transport corridor development.
Glenn Diesen, professor at the University of Southeast Norway, who participated at Valdai Club’s session at EEF-2021 said that Russia requires investment in order to engage in large-scale international trade. What other external factors need to be taken into account in development of the Far East and the Arctic regions he shared his views in interview with valdaiclub.com
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Glenn Diesen, professor at the University of Southeast Norway, who participated at Valdai Club’s session at EEF-2021 said that Russia requires investment in order to engage in large-scale international trade. What other external factors need to be taken into account in development of the Far East and the Arctic regions he shared his views in interview with valdaiclub.com
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🇦🇫🇺🇸 We do not know if peace in Afghanistan becomes a reality. However, right now, for the first time in the past 40 years, internal political stabilisation in this country has the most solid foundation.
What the Taliban are doing or can do inside the country is not a reason for the general denial of their right to exist. The international context has changed, including in terms of the value dimension of politics and its role in making the most important decisions.
Strategically, the return of the radicals to power could lead to the stabilisation of the region, a significant decrease in the United States’ ability to influence its countries and the relative isolation of India, as the country that most closely connects its future with the West, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev.
#Global_Governance #Afghanistan
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-fall-of-kabul-and-the-balance-of-power/
What the Taliban are doing or can do inside the country is not a reason for the general denial of their right to exist. The international context has changed, including in terms of the value dimension of politics and its role in making the most important decisions.
Strategically, the return of the radicals to power could lead to the stabilisation of the region, a significant decrease in the United States’ ability to influence its countries and the relative isolation of India, as the country that most closely connects its future with the West, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev.
#Global_Governance #Afghanistan
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-fall-of-kabul-and-the-balance-of-power/
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The Fall of Kabul and the Balance of Power in Greater Eurasia
We do not know if peace in Afghanistan becomes a reality. However, right now, for the first time in the past 40 years, internal political stabilisation in this country has the most solid foundation, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev.
🇺🇸🇦🇫 The war in Afghanistan is an extraordinary textbook on the American strategy that can be summed up as a growing up novel.
Inflated expectations, a sense of omnipotence, which, through a series of crises, gives way to deep disappointment and the overestimation of goals.
This painful experience for the United States was too expensive, but perhaps it will push it to become more sober in the future, writes Andrey Sushentsov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-war-in-afghanistan-as-a-textbook-on-us/
#Conflict_and_Leadership #Afghanistan #USA @valdai_club
Inflated expectations, a sense of omnipotence, which, through a series of crises, gives way to deep disappointment and the overestimation of goals.
This painful experience for the United States was too expensive, but perhaps it will push it to become more sober in the future, writes Andrey Sushentsov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-war-in-afghanistan-as-a-textbook-on-us/
#Conflict_and_Leadership #Afghanistan #USA @valdai_club
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The War in Afghanistan as a Textbook on US Strategy, or How I Came into the Profession of Studying American Wars
The war in Afghanistan is an extraordinary textbook on the American strategy that can be summed up as a growing up novel. Inflated expectations, a sense of omnipotence, which, through a series of crises, gives way to deep disappointment and the overestimation…
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🎥 How could the role of the Arctic change as a result of increasing global warming?
European maritime powers initially began to use the Arctic corridor in the 1500s. What Russia is doing now is very much needed, Glenn Diesen, professor at the University of Southeast Norway, who participated in Valdai Сlub's session at EEF-2021, considers. He shares his views on what should be done first and what problems will emerge with melting permafrost in interview with valdaiclub.com.
#EEF #EEF2021 #GlobalWarming #Arctic
European maritime powers initially began to use the Arctic corridor in the 1500s. What Russia is doing now is very much needed, Glenn Diesen, professor at the University of Southeast Norway, who participated in Valdai Сlub's session at EEF-2021, considers. He shares his views on what should be done first and what problems will emerge with melting permafrost in interview with valdaiclub.com.
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🇷🇺🌏 Almost ten years ago, Russia declared the development of the Far East a national priority for the 21st century.
Despite the complexity and multifaceted nature of this task, the "pivot to the East" policy is bearing fruit: it is not the first year that the pace of development of the region has outperformed the average for Russia. However, over the years, the world we live in has changed: there has been a rollback of globalisation, new geopolitical configurations are emerging, the world economy is beginning to transform under the influence of the “green” agenda, and the coronavirus pandemic has presented humanity with new social challenges.
On Thursday, September 2, within the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, the Valdai Discussion Club held a special session, titled “Global Challenges and Opportunities for the Far East and the Arctic”.
The session was devoted to the opportunities and threats that the new global context creates for the Russian Far East and the Arctic. Follow this link to read a summery of the session ⬇️
https://valdaiclub.com/events/posts/articles/the-far-east-and-the-arctic-in-a-new-global-context/
Despite the complexity and multifaceted nature of this task, the "pivot to the East" policy is bearing fruit: it is not the first year that the pace of development of the region has outperformed the average for Russia. However, over the years, the world we live in has changed: there has been a rollback of globalisation, new geopolitical configurations are emerging, the world economy is beginning to transform under the influence of the “green” agenda, and the coronavirus pandemic has presented humanity with new social challenges.
On Thursday, September 2, within the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, the Valdai Discussion Club held a special session, titled “Global Challenges and Opportunities for the Far East and the Arctic”.
The session was devoted to the opportunities and threats that the new global context creates for the Russian Far East and the Arctic. Follow this link to read a summery of the session ⬇️
https://valdaiclub.com/events/posts/articles/the-far-east-and-the-arctic-in-a-new-global-context/
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The Far East and the Arctic in a New Global Context
On Thursday, September 2, within the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, the Valdai Discussion Club held a special session, titled “Global Challenges and Opportunities for the Far East and the Arctic”.
🇷🇺➡️🌏 “Russia’s pivot to the East” is now complete.
From the very beginning, ten years ago, it was geared to promote the development of the Far East, a priority for state policy, through the strengthening of trade and economic ties and, at the national level, political relations with Asian countries.
1️⃣ First, this part of Russia is far removed from the nation’s main focal points for foreign policy and priority zones. The international military-political situation in Asia is characterised by a number of basic and private conflicts of interest between individual states. Russia, however, does not participate in these conflicts and has no interest in the contradictions that underscore them. The takeover of the Pacific territories by Russia took place during the period of maximum power of the European empires in the middle and second half of the 19th century. The Sino-Russian territorial dispute was settled at the beginning of this century, and the issue of the Kuril Islands in relations with Japan cannot serve as the basis for a dangerous conflict from the Russian point of view.
2️⃣ Second, Russia has no neighbours in Asia that could pose a threat to its national security. Even taking into account the fact that the main struggle between China and the United States will unfold in this region, there are no systemic factors that could become truly troubling for Moscow. The main such factor is the group of states or their alliance, which puts the weakening of Russia at the centre of their foreign policy. However, in this respect, Europe really occupies a special place, since historically it has created the main stimuli for development for Russia while at the same time generating challenges and threats in the sphere of security.
The main reason why it is possible to speak about the completion of this project is the transition of relations with Asian countries from the category of “new” to “ordinary”, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev summing up the results of Valdai Club’s special session within the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-eastern-economic-forum-and-new-realities/
#EEF #EEF2021
From the very beginning, ten years ago, it was geared to promote the development of the Far East, a priority for state policy, through the strengthening of trade and economic ties and, at the national level, political relations with Asian countries.
1️⃣ First, this part of Russia is far removed from the nation’s main focal points for foreign policy and priority zones. The international military-political situation in Asia is characterised by a number of basic and private conflicts of interest between individual states. Russia, however, does not participate in these conflicts and has no interest in the contradictions that underscore them. The takeover of the Pacific territories by Russia took place during the period of maximum power of the European empires in the middle and second half of the 19th century. The Sino-Russian territorial dispute was settled at the beginning of this century, and the issue of the Kuril Islands in relations with Japan cannot serve as the basis for a dangerous conflict from the Russian point of view.
2️⃣ Second, Russia has no neighbours in Asia that could pose a threat to its national security. Even taking into account the fact that the main struggle between China and the United States will unfold in this region, there are no systemic factors that could become truly troubling for Moscow. The main such factor is the group of states or their alliance, which puts the weakening of Russia at the centre of their foreign policy. However, in this respect, Europe really occupies a special place, since historically it has created the main stimuli for development for Russia while at the same time generating challenges and threats in the sphere of security.
The main reason why it is possible to speak about the completion of this project is the transition of relations with Asian countries from the category of “new” to “ordinary”, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev summing up the results of Valdai Club’s special session within the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-eastern-economic-forum-and-new-realities/
#EEF #EEF2021
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The Eastern Economic Forum and New Global Realities
The Eastern Economic Forum in 2021 showed a lot of how the interaction between the state and business, primarily at the international level, will look amid the new conditions. The world’s governments are now increasingly focused on how to deal with internal…
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🇦🇫🌏 NATO’s defeat in Afghanistan represents a wider defeat of the unipolar moment.
The US invaded Afghanistan as a response to terrorist attacks on September 11 2001, although Washington was somewhat open about the geopolitical objectives.
Since the beginning of the war, there was no shortage of analyses about how Afghanistan could be a bridgehead to assert US influence in the energy-rich Central Asian region and oust Russian and Chinese influence.
The offshore security strategy of both the UK and the US as de-facto island-states has throughout history been to prevent the emergence of a hegemon or collective hegemon in either Europe or Eurasia. In Europe, this entailed preventing a Russian-German alignment, and in the wider Eurasia it entailed obstructing a Russian-Chinese alignment.
The fall of Kabul will have profound implications for Central Asia and wider Eurasia — presenting both risks and opportunities. The risks associated with the Taliban in control of Afghanistan can be construed as an opportunity to test and advance the Greater Eurasian Partnership, writes Valdai Club expert Glenn Diesen.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/central-asia-and-eurasia-after-the-fall-of-kabul/
#Global_Governance #Afghanistan #TalibanTakeover #USwithdrawal
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The US invaded Afghanistan as a response to terrorist attacks on September 11 2001, although Washington was somewhat open about the geopolitical objectives.
Since the beginning of the war, there was no shortage of analyses about how Afghanistan could be a bridgehead to assert US influence in the energy-rich Central Asian region and oust Russian and Chinese influence.
The offshore security strategy of both the UK and the US as de-facto island-states has throughout history been to prevent the emergence of a hegemon or collective hegemon in either Europe or Eurasia. In Europe, this entailed preventing a Russian-German alignment, and in the wider Eurasia it entailed obstructing a Russian-Chinese alignment.
The fall of Kabul will have profound implications for Central Asia and wider Eurasia — presenting both risks and opportunities. The risks associated with the Taliban in control of Afghanistan can be construed as an opportunity to test and advance the Greater Eurasian Partnership, writes Valdai Club expert Glenn Diesen.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/central-asia-and-eurasia-after-the-fall-of-kabul/
#Global_Governance #Afghanistan #TalibanTakeover #USwithdrawal
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Central Asia and Eurasia after the Fall of Kabul
The fall of Kabul will have profound implications for Central Asia and wider Eurasia — presenting both risks and opportunities. The risks associated with the Taliban in control of Afghanistan can be construed as an opportunity to test and advance the Greater…
🎥 Biden's decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan was a great one. The biggest challenge of statesmanship is to change the course of national foreign policy, and that's exactly what Joe Biden did, Timofei Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club, told RT.
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PROGRESSION OR REGRESSION? Ft. Timofei Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club
For the most part, living in history for people has been a bit like swimming in water for fish - both species are by nature too far-sighted to comprehend what’s immediately in front of them. But recently the speed and the scale of transformations have intensified…
🇮🇷🇦🇫 Tehran has not yet worked out a solution and cannot answer the main question for itself: is it worth recognising the Taliban at all?
The capture of Kabul and the establishment of Taliban power over virtually the entire territory of Afghanistan have added another batch of headaches to Iran’s problems.
While Iran has officially welcomed the withdrawal of the Americans from its neighbour to the east, in reality, not everyone in Iran is delighted with the current situation, since they do not fully understand how to interact with the Taliban in Kabul and what, in principle, Iranian-Afghan relations will be like in the medium term, writes Valdai Club expert Farhad Ibrahimov.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/iran-s-policy-toward-the-taliban/
#Morality_and_Law #Taliban #Iran #Afghanistan
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The capture of Kabul and the establishment of Taliban power over virtually the entire territory of Afghanistan have added another batch of headaches to Iran’s problems.
While Iran has officially welcomed the withdrawal of the Americans from its neighbour to the east, in reality, not everyone in Iran is delighted with the current situation, since they do not fully understand how to interact with the Taliban in Kabul and what, in principle, Iranian-Afghan relations will be like in the medium term, writes Valdai Club expert Farhad Ibrahimov.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/iran-s-policy-toward-the-taliban/
#Morality_and_Law #Taliban #Iran #Afghanistan
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Iran’s Policy Toward the Taliban
Tehran has not yet worked out a solution and cannot answer the main question for itself: is it worth recognising the Taliban at all? However, what the Islamic Republic of Iran is exactly interested in is establishing a constructive dialogue with the Taliban…
⛔️🇦🇫 Restrictive measures applied to the Taliban by the United States, the European Union now affect the country as a whole.
Any economic transactions with the country ruled by the Taliban are subject to a variety of restrictive measures. Such a situation could criminalise and simply paralyse official economic ties with Afghanistan.
The humanitarian damage to the population of the country, coupled with the hardships of the war, could be colossal, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Ivan Timofeev.
#Afghanistan #sanctions
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/afghanistan-in-the-grip-of-sanctions/
Any economic transactions with the country ruled by the Taliban are subject to a variety of restrictive measures. Such a situation could criminalise and simply paralyse official economic ties with Afghanistan.
The humanitarian damage to the population of the country, coupled with the hardships of the war, could be colossal, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Ivan Timofeev.
#Afghanistan #sanctions
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/afghanistan-in-the-grip-of-sanctions/
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Afghanistan in the Grip of Sanctions
The Taliban leaders will try to change the image of the organisation, to convince the international community that it is striving to break with the terrorist past and become a more modern and civilised institution. If the Taliban succeeds in such a plan,…
💸 During the first global financial crisis since 2008, sovereign wealth funds were not only at the front of the fiscal response but also actively investing in their countries’ economies.
For governments with a stabilisation or a savings fund with liquidity, the immediate action was to draw down on the fund or to access international debt markets.
The main difference to the Global Financial Crisis is that sovereign funds have mainly invested domestically across all sectors, as opposed to overseas investments in financial services in 2008-9, writes Enrico Soddu, Head of Data & Analytics, International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds.
#Corporations_and_Economy
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-role-of-sovereign-wealth-funds-in-the-pandemic/
For governments with a stabilisation or a savings fund with liquidity, the immediate action was to draw down on the fund or to access international debt markets.
The main difference to the Global Financial Crisis is that sovereign funds have mainly invested domestically across all sectors, as opposed to overseas investments in financial services in 2008-9, writes Enrico Soddu, Head of Data & Analytics, International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds.
#Corporations_and_Economy
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-role-of-sovereign-wealth-funds-in-the-pandemic/
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The Role of Sovereign Wealth Funds in the Pandemic Period
During the first global financial crisis since 2008, sovereign wealth funds were not only at the front of the fiscal response but also actively investing in their countries’ economies. For governments with a stabilisation or a savings fund with liquidity…
🇺🇸🇷🇺 We can say that Russian-American relations have reached a plateau and will not be subject to sharp fluctuations within the next year, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Andrey Sushentsov.
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Not Wavering Anymore. Relations Between Russia and the United States Reach a Plateau
We can say that Russian-American relations have reached a plateau and will not be subject to sharp fluctuations within the next year, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Andrey Sushentsov.
🇷🇺📆🇺🇿 ANNOUNCEMENT: On September 20, 2021, Tashkent will host a conference of the Valdai Discussion Club and the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, titled “Russia and Uzbekistan in the Face of Development and Security Challenges at a New Historical Stage of Interaction”.
The Club traditionally invites the relevant authorities to participate in conferences. This time, the participants of the event include Andrei Rudenko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, as well as Farhod Arziev, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Among the leading speakers are two members of the Parliament of Uzbekistan — Akmal Saidov, First Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and Sodyq Safayev, First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The change of power in Afghanistan and the destabilisation of the nation create new challenges for Russia and Central Asia. The conference in Tashkent is the first expert meeting of the leading think tanks of Russia and Central Asia since the fall of the pro-American government in Kabul. Both journalists and a wide audience will be able to hear first-hand the most authoritative assessments of Russian and Uzbek experts on the situation in Afghanistan.
❓The conference will consist of an opening session, three special sessions and a closing session, addressing the following issues:
💡 The opening of the conference, the first session, as well as the closing session will be open to the media and will be broadcast on the Club’s website.
🚩 Within the framework of the conference, the Valdai Club will present a new report titled “Eurasia’s Iron Frame: Achievements, Problems and Prospects for Continental Connectivity”, dedicated to transport and logistics issues in Eurasia, with an emphasis on the development of railway transit. At the end of 2021, the Valdai Club plans to release a report on Russian policy towards the post-Soviet space over the past 30 years. The conference in Tashkent will serve as one of the most important intellectual venues.
👥 More than 30 experts from Russia and Uzbekistan will take part in the event. From the Uzbek side, the discussions will be attended by: Ismatulla Irgashev, Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan; Eldor Aripov, Director of the Institute for Strategic and Interregional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan; Sanzhar Valiev, Deputy Director of the Institute for Strategic and Interregional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan; Nodir Zhumaev, professor, deputy of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan; Anvar Nasyrov, director of the International Institute for Central Asia and many others. From the Russian side, the conference will be attended by: Alexander Vysotsky, Head of Government Affairs, Yandex Go& Market; Anton Kozlov, Head of Foreign Projects and International Cooperation Department, Russian Railways; Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Valdai Discussion Club; Fyodor Lukyanov, Research Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Timofei Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club and others.
Working languages: Russian, Uzbek.
ℹ️ Information for the media: To get accredited for the event, fill out the form on our website or call +79269307763. Accreditation is open until 18:00 p.m. Moscow time till September 16.
A link to the live broadcast of open sessions will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, on Facebook, Vkontakte, Telegram and Twitter.
The Club traditionally invites the relevant authorities to participate in conferences. This time, the participants of the event include Andrei Rudenko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, as well as Farhod Arziev, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Among the leading speakers are two members of the Parliament of Uzbekistan — Akmal Saidov, First Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and Sodyq Safayev, First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The change of power in Afghanistan and the destabilisation of the nation create new challenges for Russia and Central Asia. The conference in Tashkent is the first expert meeting of the leading think tanks of Russia and Central Asia since the fall of the pro-American government in Kabul. Both journalists and a wide audience will be able to hear first-hand the most authoritative assessments of Russian and Uzbek experts on the situation in Afghanistan.
❓The conference will consist of an opening session, three special sessions and a closing session, addressing the following issues:
• Reforms and Development in Central Asia: Approaches of Russia and Uzbekistan. Humanitarian aspects of bilateral interaction • Regional security: External and internal factors • International trade and integration in Central Eurasia💡 The opening of the conference, the first session, as well as the closing session will be open to the media and will be broadcast on the Club’s website.
🚩 Within the framework of the conference, the Valdai Club will present a new report titled “Eurasia’s Iron Frame: Achievements, Problems and Prospects for Continental Connectivity”, dedicated to transport and logistics issues in Eurasia, with an emphasis on the development of railway transit. At the end of 2021, the Valdai Club plans to release a report on Russian policy towards the post-Soviet space over the past 30 years. The conference in Tashkent will serve as one of the most important intellectual venues.
👥 More than 30 experts from Russia and Uzbekistan will take part in the event. From the Uzbek side, the discussions will be attended by: Ismatulla Irgashev, Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan; Eldor Aripov, Director of the Institute for Strategic and Interregional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan; Sanzhar Valiev, Deputy Director of the Institute for Strategic and Interregional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan; Nodir Zhumaev, professor, deputy of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan; Anvar Nasyrov, director of the International Institute for Central Asia and many others. From the Russian side, the conference will be attended by: Alexander Vysotsky, Head of Government Affairs, Yandex Go& Market; Anton Kozlov, Head of Foreign Projects and International Cooperation Department, Russian Railways; Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Valdai Discussion Club; Fyodor Lukyanov, Research Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Timofei Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club and others.
Working languages: Russian, Uzbek.
ℹ️ Information for the media: To get accredited for the event, fill out the form on our website or call +79269307763. Accreditation is open until 18:00 p.m. Moscow time till September 16.
A link to the live broadcast of open sessions will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, on Facebook, Vkontakte, Telegram and Twitter.
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Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club and the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of the Republic…
On September 20, 2021, Tashkent will host a conference of the Valdai Discussion Club and the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, titled “Russia and Uzbekistan in the Face of Development and Security…
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🪙🌐 The multiplicity of country models of dealing with the pandemic, the “vaccine competition”, the breaking up of global value chains and their nationalization and regionalization all point in the direction of greater localization and self-sufficiency. At the same time there is a need from greater synchronicity across countries particularly in the context of the current pandemic crisis, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Yaroslav Lissovolik.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/synchronicity-in-economic-policy-the-pandemic/
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Synchronicity in Economic Policy amid the Pandemic
The multiplicity of country models of dealing with the pandemic, the “vaccine competition”, the breaking up of global value chains and their nationalization and regionalization all point in the direction of greater localization and self-sufficiency. At the…
🦠 If we draw an analogy between the mutations of the coronavirus and the mutations of the influenza virus, then from a purely logical point of view it will be necessary to say that the world is waiting for a chronic pandemic of the coronavirus, that this pandemic will always exist.
It will erupt and fade, just like flu epidemics, but it will always be.
At least until the moment when some new virus replaces Covid-19, as Covid itself has practically pushed the influenza virus out of the global population.
And if there is always an epidemic, then it is clear that introducing lockdowns forever, with each new outbreak happening 2-3 times a year, is by no means an option. Therefore, humanity must learn to live with this chronic pandemic, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Oleg Barabanov.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/chronic-pandemic-or-how-to-deal-with-prtognoses/
#Morality_and_Law #pandemic #Covid19
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It will erupt and fade, just like flu epidemics, but it will always be.
At least until the moment when some new virus replaces Covid-19, as Covid itself has practically pushed the influenza virus out of the global population.
And if there is always an epidemic, then it is clear that introducing lockdowns forever, with each new outbreak happening 2-3 times a year, is by no means an option. Therefore, humanity must learn to live with this chronic pandemic, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Oleg Barabanov.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/chronic-pandemic-or-how-to-deal-with-prtognoses/
#Morality_and_Law #pandemic #Covid19
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Chronic Pandemic or How to Deal With Medical Prognoses
It’s becoming obvious for a simple non-physician that the key task of the medical and pharmaceutical community around the world should now be the development of a new version of the vaccines that can protect against new strains of coronavirus that have appeared…
📆 ANNOUNCEMENT: On September 17 at 12:00 Moscow time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will hold a discussion in partnership with the Indian think tank Observer Research Foundation @orftg, titled “Afghanistan under Taliban rule: A view from Russia and India”.
The speedy withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, the fall of the Afghan government and the rapid victory of the Taliban (banned in Russia) have posed a number of problems for the states of the region and external powers, including Russia and India. Among these issues are the choice of the paradigm of official relations with Afghanistan, the risks of “instability export” outside the country, the prospect of revising the UN Security Council resolutions on the Taliban, and other problems.
For Russia, the security risks in the Central Asian region are rather relevant, including the security of its CSTO allies and CIS partners. India has done a lot for the humanitarian development of Afghanistan. Threats of the “export” of terrorist activity and control of security risks are also important for New Delhi. For both countries, questions about the strategies of third countries – China, the United States, the main EU and NATO countries - remain open.
❓How do Russia and India see the development of the situation in Afghanistan?
❓What are the prospects for cooperation with the new regime in the context of the existing UN Security Council sanctions and unilateral sanctions of a number of states?
❓What are the key security challenges for Moscow and New Delhi in connection with Afghanistan?
These and other questions will be answered by the participants in the expert discussion.
🎙 Speakers:
🇮🇳 Shanti Mariet D'Souza, Founding Professor, Kautilya School of Public Policy
🇷🇺 Andrey Kazantsev, Director of the Analytical Centre of Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University, Professor at the Higher School of Economics
🇺🇸 Anatol Lieven, Senior Research Fellow, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
🇮🇳 Jyoti Malhotra, Senior Consulting Editor, The Print
🇷🇺 Ivan Safranchuk, Director, Senior Research Fellow, Centre of Euro-Asian Studies, IIS MGIMO University
🇮🇳 P.S. Raghavan, Former Indian Ambassador to Russia and Former Head, National Security Advisory Board (India)
Moderator:
🚩 Ivan Timofeev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club
Working languages: Russian, English.
ℹ️ Information for the media: To get accredited for the event, fill out the form on our website or call +79269307763.
A link to the live broadcast of the discussion will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, on Facebook, Vkontakte, Telegram and Twitter.
https://valdaiclub.com/events/announcements/valdai-club-and-orf-to-discuss-afghanistan-under-taliban-rule/
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The speedy withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, the fall of the Afghan government and the rapid victory of the Taliban (banned in Russia) have posed a number of problems for the states of the region and external powers, including Russia and India. Among these issues are the choice of the paradigm of official relations with Afghanistan, the risks of “instability export” outside the country, the prospect of revising the UN Security Council resolutions on the Taliban, and other problems.
For Russia, the security risks in the Central Asian region are rather relevant, including the security of its CSTO allies and CIS partners. India has done a lot for the humanitarian development of Afghanistan. Threats of the “export” of terrorist activity and control of security risks are also important for New Delhi. For both countries, questions about the strategies of third countries – China, the United States, the main EU and NATO countries - remain open.
❓How do Russia and India see the development of the situation in Afghanistan?
❓What are the prospects for cooperation with the new regime in the context of the existing UN Security Council sanctions and unilateral sanctions of a number of states?
❓What are the key security challenges for Moscow and New Delhi in connection with Afghanistan?
These and other questions will be answered by the participants in the expert discussion.
🎙 Speakers:
🇮🇳 Shanti Mariet D'Souza, Founding Professor, Kautilya School of Public Policy
🇷🇺 Andrey Kazantsev, Director of the Analytical Centre of Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University, Professor at the Higher School of Economics
🇺🇸 Anatol Lieven, Senior Research Fellow, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
🇮🇳 Jyoti Malhotra, Senior Consulting Editor, The Print
🇷🇺 Ivan Safranchuk, Director, Senior Research Fellow, Centre of Euro-Asian Studies, IIS MGIMO University
🇮🇳 P.S. Raghavan, Former Indian Ambassador to Russia and Former Head, National Security Advisory Board (India)
Moderator:
🚩 Ivan Timofeev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club
Working languages: Russian, English.
ℹ️ Information for the media: To get accredited for the event, fill out the form on our website or call +79269307763.
A link to the live broadcast of the discussion will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, on Facebook, Vkontakte, Telegram and Twitter.
https://valdaiclub.com/events/announcements/valdai-club-and-orf-to-discuss-afghanistan-under-taliban-rule/
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Valdai Club and ORF to Discuss Afghanistan under Taliban Rule
On September 17 at 12:00 Moscow time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will hold a discussion in partnership with the Indian think tank Observer Research Foundation (ORF), titled “Afghanistan under Taliban rule: A view from Russia and India”.