📷 Session 2 of the Valdai Club’s 14th Asian Conference, titled “Potential for Defusing International Tensions”.

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🗣 Good morning! The Valdai Club’s 14th Asian Conference continues today.

📆 Programme for December 5, Tuesday
 
10:00 – 11:30 — Session 3. Globalisation and Regionalisation: Approaches and Possibilities of Interaction (English, Russian)

The combination of globalisation and regionalisation is one of the main features of the world economy development and institutional cooperation in the modern period. There is a growing need to better understand how the processes of globalization and regionalization interact, and how cooperation at the regional level can contribute to the preservation of a global open economy.

12:00 – 13:30 — Session 4. Accomplishments and Potential of Relations Between Russia and Asian Countries in Modern Conditions (English, Russian)

The pivot to the East has been a priority direction of Russian foreign and economic policy for a decade now. It is focused on the objective growth of importance of Asian countries and regional markets in the world economy, the emergence of new technologies and demand for Russian products. Over the past eighteen months, the development of relations with Asian countries has received an additional incentive due to the crisis in Europe as well as the interest of almost all Asian states in maintaining and strengthening trade and economic relations with Russia.

📌 Programme of the Asian Valdai

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🎥 LIVE: at 10:00 we are starting the live broadcast of Session 3 of the Valdai Club’s 14th Asian Conference, titled “Globalisation and Regionalisation: Approaches and Possibilities of Interaction”.

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🗣 14th Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club continued on December 5, with Session 3, titled “Globalisation and Regionalisation: Approaches and Possibilities of Interaction”.

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UPD: The livestream is over. The video of the session is available via the same link. Stay tuned!

🎥 LIVE: at 12:00 Session 4 of the Valdai Club’s 14th Asian Conference, titled “Accomplishments and Potential of Relations Between Russia and Asian Countries in Modern Conditions,” will start.

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🗣 Session 4 of the Valdai Club’s 14th Asian Conference “Accomplishments and Potential of Relations Between Russia and Asian Countries in Modern Conditions”.

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🌏 Strategic Behaviour of Asia in an Era of Turbulence: Day 1 of the Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club

On Monday, December 4, 2023, the 14th Asian Conference of the Valdai Club opened in Moscow with the participation of experts from India, Malaysia, Vietnam, Pakistan, Thailand, Mongolia and Japan. On the first day of the conference, two working sessions took place.

1️⃣ During the first, open session, the broadcast of which is available on the valdaiclub.com website, experts discussed the most important processes of regional development in Asia. Timofei Bordachev, programme director of the Valdai Club, noted that for a long time Russian policy was predicated on the belief that Asia is a region of peace and sustainable development, that it is not subject to the destructive trends observed in Europe. Today, processes are taking place that raise alarm about how relations between Russia and Asia will develop amid less favourable international political conditions.

2️⃣ The second, closed-door session was devoted to the potential for easing international tension. During the session, the thesis was expressed that the only conflict in Asia that threatens Russian strategic interests is the conflict between India and China.

Read an article about the first day of the Asian Valdai: https://valdaiclub.com/events/posts/articles/strategic-behaviour-of-asia-in-an-era-of-turbulence-day-1-of-the-asian-conference/

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🌐 The science of international relations knows three basic types of behaviour of states in relation to the existing international order: powers with permanent status (status quo), revisionist powers, and revolutionary powers. 

Nowadays it is impossible to find a large or medium-sized state that would set as its goal the complete destruction of the world order that arose after the Second World War and received its main attributes in the second half of the 20th century.

1️⃣ First, none of the big powers feels completely humiliated as far as its basic interests and values are concerned. Whether we like it or not, the Second World War led to a situation in which none of the major players remained outside the space for making major decisions.

2️⃣ Second, the fact that several great powers possess nuclear weapons renders completely futile any attempts to organise a decisive attack against the order that they generally support. Even if a country like India goes crazy and decides to fight those who lead the modern world, it would hardly be able to hold out for a relatively long time.

At the same time, the leading nuclear powers themselves, as well as average regional players, are not completely satisfied with the existing order; they strive to “edit” it and are, thus, revisionists.

The revisionism of Russia and China extends to those aspects of the modern international order that are better designed to serve the interests of the United States and its European allies. At the same time, Russia is, of course, in a more advantageous position than its Chinese ally, since the question for it is not a question of lack of control over part of its sovereign territory.

Historical experience confirms that revisionists always emerge victorious, writes Timofei Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/total-revisionism-of-world-politics/

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🇮🇱🇺🇸 For Israel, it is US support that forms one of the foundations for the acquisition and modernisation of weapons.

Despite the periodic political controversy in the United States surrounding the provision of military aid to Israel, it is quite easy for American politicians to lobby for it on economic grounds, given that the money actually stays in the country, strengthening its defence industry.

In Israel, circumstances are the opposite, since local companies not only risk being limited in their production capabilities and, as a result, hiring of personnel, but are also deprived of the opportunity to make a truly significant contribution to ensuring the defence capability of the state and its positioning in the international arena, Elizaveta Yakimova wirtes.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/all-possible-assistance-the-impact-of-american/

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🇷🇺🌏 Russia – Asia: A New Stage of Cooperation. Day 2 of the 14th Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club

On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, the 14th Asian Conference of the Valdai Club ended. On this day, two open sessions were broadcast live on the Club’s website.

3️⃣ The third session was devoted to the issues of globalisation and regionalisation raised the day before.

4️⃣ Participants in the fourth session discussed the achievements and potential of relations between Russia and Asian countries. Over the past year and a half, economic relations have been developing at an unprecedented pace. 

Read an article about the second day of the Asian Valdai: https://valdaiclub.com/events/posts/articles/russia-asia-a-new-stage-of-cooperation-day-2-of-the-14th-asian-conference/

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📆 ANNOUNCEMENT: On December 11 at 12:00 noon Moscow time (GMT +3), the Valdai Club will host an expert discussion, titled “The young generation in an era of change: A dialogue between Russian and African NGOs”.

The role of the Global South is growing, and this applies not only to the Asia-Pacific region, but also to the African continent. Africa is increasingly asserting itself as an independent entity on the world stage, freeing itself from the influence of former metropolises and fighting for independent development. Thus, despite the pressure, African countries did not implement sanctions against Russia. In addition, at the New Delhi summit in September, the African Union became a permanent member of the Group of Twenty (G20).

Africa is the continent with the youngest and fastest-growing population. According to a UN forecast, by 2050 Africans will most likely make up more than a quarter of humanity. That is why the future of not only the continent, but the entire planet depends on what African youth will be like. In this context, strengthening ties between the younger generation of Russia and Africa is a particularly promising and dynamic area of cooperation.

❓How does the historical experience of mutual assistance affect relations with African countries today?
❓What role do education and the graduates of Russian universities play in cooperation with Africa?
❓How do African countries perceive Russia's confrontation with Western countries?
❓What social values can both Russians and Africans share?
❓What do you see as Russia's strengths in the information space and the public opinion of African countries?

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

🎙️ Speakers:

🇷🇺🇹🇿 Andrey Avetisyan, Ambassador of Russia to the Republic of Tanzania

🇷🇺 Andrey Maslov, Director, Centre for African Studies, HSE University

🇷🇺 Natalia Zaiser, Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative Union

🇷🇺 Leonid Protsenko, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology of Personality Development, Moscow Pedagogical State University

🇬🇭 Bening Ahmed, Secretary General of the Pan African Youth Union

🇪🇹 Jafar Geletu, Deputy Executive Director of the Institute of International Relations at the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

🇷🇺 Pavel Shevtsov, Deputy Head of Rossotrudnichestvo

Moderator:

🗣Oleg Barabanov, programme director of the Valdai Discussion Club

https://valdaiclub.com/events/announcements/valdai-club-to-discuss-dialogue-between-civil-societies-of-russia-and-africa/

Working languages: Russian, English.

ℹ️ Information for the media: Dear journalists, to be accredited for the event, please fill out the form on our website. If you have any questions about the event, call +79269307763. 

Links to the live broadcast of the open sessions will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, VKontakte, Telegram and Dzen.

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🧩🌐 In the case of environmental degradation is global warming, whereas in the case of globalization degradation it is global harming.

The world has several poles now, like the USA, China, EU, and BRICS. Regionalism is the ineluctable byproduct of the interaction between the multiple poles of political power in the world. It is also a byproduct of another tendency amongst nations, i. e. to move away from multilateralism towards minilateralism.

Multilateral institutions like the UN and WTO have apparently failed to resolve serious conflicts and differences between the member states. As a result, small groups which share an agenda on geo-politics and economics have started emerging.

The world today and particularly the developing nations need a humane and inclusive mode of globalisation. Erecting tariff barriers and sanctioning competitors in the name of de-risking and decoupling is fuelling unnecessary tensions in an already anarchic world state system and preventing a common approach to combat poverty, hunger, disease and the vagaries of climate change.

All nations need to respect the economic and security sensitivities of others, writes Raashid Wali Janjua, Director Research at the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI).

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/globalisation-and-regionalisation-approaches/

📌 The article was prepared especially for the Valdai Club’s 14th Asian Conference.

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⏰ TODAY at 12:00 noon Moscow time (GMT +3), the Valdai Club will host an expert discussion, titled “The young generation in an era of change: A dialogue between Russian and African NGOs”.

❓How does the historical experience of mutual assistance affect relations with African countries today?
❓What role do education and the graduates of Russian universities play in cooperation with Africa?
❓How do African countries perceive Russia's confrontation with Western countries?
❓What social values can both Russians and Africans share?
❓What do you see as Russia's strengths in the information space and the public opinion of African countries?

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

Links to the live broadcast of the open sessions will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, VKontakte, Telegram and Dzen.

#Norms_and_Values #Africa #society

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