1️⃣ Session 1 of the Russian-Indonesian seminar, titled “Historical Perspectives on the Bilateral Relations between Indonesia and Russia”

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2️⃣ Session 2 of the Russian-Indonesian seminar, titled “Geopolitical Perspectives on the Bilateral Relations between Indonesia and Russia”

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3️⃣ Session 3 of the Russian-Indonesian seminar, titled “Digital Transformation in the Midst of Complex and Dynamic of Global Situation”

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4️⃣ Session 4 of the Russian-Indonesian seminar, titled “Indonesia and Russia Relationship as Maritime Countries”

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🇷🇺🌍 Africa is the embodiment of the global majority, which Russia sees as the central subject of the new world order.

The countries of the continent (not all, but many) are gradually acquiring this subjectivity, developing relations with those who are important for their social and economic growth. 

Over the past two years, Africa has become one of the key areas of Russian foreign policy. Russia is following with great interest the rise of Africa's status in international affairs and is happy to contribute to it. The continent's colonial past and its legacy serve as a vivid illustration of the results of the West's long-standing dominance.

Igor Makarov, head of the Department of World Economy at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, writes how Russia can build an effective strategy for interaction with African countries.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/africa-as-a-key-area-of-russian-foreign-policy/

#GlobalAlternatives #Africa #RussiaAfrica #WorldMajority

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📆 ANNOUNCEMENT: On October 2 at 4:00 p.m. Moscow time, the Valdai Club will host an expert discussion dedicated to the situation in the Middle East.

For decades, the Middle East has remained a region with numerous hotbeds of tension. Over the past several years, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has entered another active phase, and Israel's relations with its Arab neighbours are in crisis, despite attempts to normalise them in 2020. The Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023, and the subsequent Israeli strikes on the Iranian consulate in Syria led to a new round of escalation.

On September 17 and 18, 2024, thousands of pagers and radios belonging to Hezbollah members exploded in Lebanon, after allegedly being boobytrapped with explosives and equipped with remote-controlled detonators. The explosions were followed by Israeli strikes on targets in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley on the border with Syria.

❓How far will Israel go in the fight against Hamas and Hezbollah?
❓Will Arab states unite to counter the threat?
❓Will Iran continue to follow the policy of “strategic patience”?

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

🎙️ Speakers:

🇱🇧 Amal Abou Zeid, Advisor to the President of Lebanon; Member of the Lebanese Parliament from the Free Patriotic Movement (2016–2018) (Lebanon)

🇷🇺 Ruslan Mamedov, Research Director of The Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation; Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS

🇷🇺 Adlan Margoev, Research Fellow, Institute of International Studies, MGIMO

🇷🇺🇱🇧 Alexander Rudakov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Lebanon

Moderator:

🗣 Andrey Sushentsov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club

https://valdaiclub.com/events/announcements/valdai-club-to-discuss-the-situation-in-the-middle-east/

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. 

#Return_of_Diplomacy #Lebanon #MiddleEast

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🇷🇺🇮🇩 Openly About the Past, Optimistically About the Future

On September 24, the Valdai Club held a seminar in Jakarta, titled “Indonesia – Russia: From the Past to the Future, History and Prospects,” organised jointly with the National Archives of Indonesia and the Federal Archival Agency of the Russian Federation. The seminar was attended by experts from both countries, as well as India and China.

The event consisted of two thematic blocks, dedicated, respectively, to the history of bilateral relations and their current state in a broad geopolitical context.

The wide range of topics discussed at the seminar and the high intellectual level of the discussions contributed to strengthening mutual understanding, and turning to the past reminded us of the historical roots of Russian-Indonesian friendship, which has withstood all the tests of the 20th century.

🗣 Read a summary of the Russian-Indonesian seminar

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🗺️ High expectations are associated with the upcoming BRICS summit in Kazan this October.

They touch upon both the issues of economic and financial coordination between the BRICS countries and the further development of the BRICS value platform. In this regard, it would be interesting to turn to the origins of BRICS and recall the value postulates that were laid down as the basis for the functioning of the group. These largely determine the symbolic alternative that BRICS represents in modern world politics, and make it attractive for entry for many countries of the Global Non-West and South.

The main message of those summits – a call for a fairer, more democratic and more harmonious world order, as well as the principle of strengthening the role and influence of the non-Western world in global affairs, remains quite relevant today, writes Oleg Barabanov.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/history-of-the-formation-of-the-brics-value-platform/

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🌍 The latest developments in Gaza and Lebanon have underlined the strong link between Gulf security and overall Middle East security.

It is time to for Moscow to consider reviving its initiative. But this time around, some changes may be necessary to reflect the changed regional security environment resulting from the war on Gaza and its regional ramifications.

While no imminent breakthrough can be envisaged in the Palestine - Israel conflict, Syria, the Iran nuclear issue or the establishment of a regional security system, there is room for a Russian contribution to improving the security environment in the Middle East in a way that paves the way to peace, writes Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy, Deputy Special Envoy for Syria of the United Nations (2014-2019).

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/russia-s-contribution-to-improving-the-security/

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1️⃣0⃣0⃣ On October 1, the 39th US President Jimmy Carter celebrated his 100th birthday.

In our opinion, this ex-president personifies a very interesting and, judging by some details, irretrievable bygone era.

An era from which lessons can be learned. Especially if we look back at the turning point, the year 1979, writes Roman Reinhardt.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/jimmy-carter-as-the-symbol-of-a-vanished-era/

#GlobalAlternatives #JimmyCarter #UnitedStates

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⏰ TODAY at 4:00 p.m. Moscow time, the Valdai Club will host an expert discussion dedicated to the situation in the Middle East.

❓How far will Israel go in the fight against Hamas and Hezbollah?
❓Will Arab states unite to counter the threat?
❓Will Iran continue to follow the policy of “strategic patience”?

The participants in the discussion 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. 

#Return_of_Diplomacy #Lebanon #MiddleEast #Iran #Israel #Hamas #Hezbollah

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🎥 LIVE: at 4:00 p.m. Moscow time, the Valdai Club will host an expert discussion dedicated to the situation in the Middle East.

https://vk.com/video-214192832_456239207

#Return_of_Diplomacy #Lebanon #MiddleEast #Iran #Israel #Hamas #Hezbollah

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🗣 On October, 2, 2024, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion dedicated to the situation in the Middle East.

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