🗣 Good morning! Today at 09:30 (UTC+8), the 15th Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club will start in Kuala Lumpur, titled “Malaysia, Russia and ASEAN: Navigating Emerging Multipolarity”, organized in partnership with the Bait Al Amanah Foundation (Malaysia), the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (Japan), and the Institute for Strategic Analysis and Policy Research (INSAP, Malaysia).

 
📆 Programme for December 9, Monday

Attention! The time specified in the programme is local (GMT+8)

 
09:30 – 09:45 — Welcoming addresses (live: Russian, English)

09:45 – 11:15 — Session 1: Southeast Asia’s Interest in BRICS: Challenges & Opportunities (live: Russian, English)

12:00 – 12:20 — Keynote address: Russia’s Vision for the Asia-Pacific: Strategic Partnerships and Future Prospects (live: Russian, English)

12:20 – 12:40 — Keynote address: ASEAN as the Cornerstone in an Era of Geopolitical Shifts (live: Russian, English)

14:00 – 15:30 — Session 2: De-dollarization and Financial Diversification Towards Greater Economic Sovereignty (live: Russian, English)

16:00 – 17:30 — Session 3: The Future of ASEAN-Russia Strategic Partnership (live: Russian, English)

17:30 – 17:40 — Closing address for Day 1 (live: Russian, English)

https://valdaiclub.com/events/posts/articles/programme-of-the-15th-asian-conference/

Working languages: Russian, English.

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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🎥 LIVE: at 09:30 (UTC+8), the opening of the 15th Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club will take place in Kuala Lumpur. Session 1 “Southeast Asia’s Interest in BRICS: Challenges & Opportunities” will follow the opening. Watch the live broadcast:

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At 12:00 (UTC+8), a keynote address on the topic “Russia’s Vision for the Asia-Pacific: Strategic Partnerships and Future Prospects,” will take place within the framework of the 15th Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club. Watch the live broadcast:

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At 12:20 (UTC+8), a keynote address on the topic “ASEAN as the Cornerstone in an Era of Geopolitical Shifts,” will take place within the framework of the 15th Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club. Watch the live broadcast:

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🎥 LIVE: at 14:00 (UTC+8), Session 2 of the 15th Asian Conference will start, titled “De-dollarization and Financial Diversification Towards Greater Economic”. Watch the live broadcast:

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🗣 On December 9, 2024, a keynote address by Andrey Rudenko, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation @MFARussia, on the topic “Russia’s Vision for the Asia-Pacific: Strategic Partnerships and Future Prospects,” took place within the framework of the 15th Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club.

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🗣 On December 9, 2024, a keynote address by Dato’ Seri Utama Haji Mohamad Bin Haji Hasan, Foreign Minister of Malaysia, on the topic “ASEAN as the Cornerstone in an Era of Geopolitical Shifts,” took place within the framework of the 15th Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club.

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🎥 LIVE: at 16:00 (UTC+8), Session 3 of the 15th Asian Conference will start, titled “The Future of ASEAN-Russia Strategic Partnership”. Watch the live broadcast:

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2️⃣ Session 2 of the 15th Asian Conference, titled “De-dollarization and Financial Diversification Towards Greater Economic”.

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3️⃣ Session 3 of the 15th Asian Conference (2024), titled “The Future of ASEAN-Russia Strategic Partnership” and the closing address for Day 1.

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🗣 Good morning! Today is the second day of the Valdai Club’s 15th Asian Conference “Malaysia, Russia and ASEAN: Navigating Emerging Multipolarity”.
 
📆 Programme for December 10, Tuesday

Attention! The time specified in the programme is local (GMT+8)
 
09:00 – 10:30 — Session 4: ASEAN Centrality and the Minilateral Arrangement: Upholding Regional Security

11:00 – 12:30 — Session 5: Russia’s Pivot to Asia: Balancing Major Power Influence and Aligning With Regional Powers

12:30 – 12:40 — Closing addresses (live: English)

https://valdaiclub.com/events/posts/articles/programme-of-the-15th-asian-conference/

Working languages: Russian, English.

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. 

#AsianValdai #valdai_programme

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🎥 LIVE: at 12:30 (GMT+8) the closing addresses will take place within the framework of the Valdai Club’s 15th Asian Conference “Malaysia, Russia and ASEAN: Navigating Emerging Multipolarity”. Watch the live broadcast:

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4️⃣ The second day of the Valdai Club’s 15th Asian Conference started with Session 4, titled “ASEAN Centrality and the Minilateral Arrangement: Upholding Regional Security”.

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5️⃣ Session 5 of the Valdai Club’s 15th Asian Conference “Russia’s Pivot to Asia: Balancing Major Power Influence and Aligning With Regional Powers”.

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⚠️ The Ukrainian crisis could become a prologue to a period of protracted conflict.

Taiwan, the East China Sea, the Middle East, and Latin America appear to be potential zones of military and political crises.

The transforming world order has reached a point where the United States is being forced to reckon with the reality of its declining influence.

The future of the world order now depends on whether the major powers can form a new system of international relations based on a sober assessment of national interests and their balance, writes Andrey Sushentsov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-house-the-dollar-built/

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📆 ANNOUNCEMENT: On December 12 at 4:00 pm Moscow time, the Valdai Club will host an expert discussion dedicated to the end of Brazil's presidency and the beginning of South Africa's presidency of the G20.

The Brazilian presidency of the G20 was characterised by a decrease in the politicisation of its work, despite what Western countries have been trying to introduce since 2022. The final documents of the summit in Rio de Janeiro, which ended on November 19, are moderate in tone. On the other hand, the ambitious goal of the Brazilian presidency to strengthen the fight against world poverty and redistribute the world's wealth provoked a mixed reaction and did not find support among the developed countries.

For the fourth year in a row, the G20 chair will be from among the states of the world majority. Before Brazil, Indonesia and India chaired the group. On December 1, the presidency passed to South Africa. Throughout these years, there have been discussions about how non-Western countries can direct the G20's focus toward the problems of the developing world.

❓What has been achieved during this time?
❓What have the world's majority states brought to the G20 agenda?
❓What are South Africa's priorities for the coming year?
❓What are Russia's interests in the G20?

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

🎙️ Speakers:

🇷🇺 Viktoria Panova, Head of the BRICS Expert Council Centre, Vice-Rector of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia's Sherpa in the Women's Twenty (W20)

🇷🇺 Marina Larionova, Director of the Centre for International Institutions Studies at RANEPA, Russia's Sherpa in the Expert Twenty

🇧🇷 Marco Fernandes, Editor of Wenhua Zongheng International, Master of History, Doctor of Social Psychology (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)

🇿🇦 Mikatekiso Kubayi, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) at UNISA (South Africa)

Moderator:

🗣 Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club

https://valdaiclub.com/events/announcements/valdai-club-to-discuss-brazil-and-south-africa-presidency-in-g20/

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. 

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