🎥 Dilemmas of Multipolarity: Richard Sakwa on the presentation of the Valdai Club’s Annual Report

This year the Valdai Report is focused on epochal changes which are taking place in the international politics, in particular on multipolarity, but at the same time admitting that multipolarity has its own dilemmas.

Richard Sakwa, Professor Emeritus of Politics, University of Kent, shares his thoughts on the presentation of the Valdai Discussion Club’s Annual Report, titled “Maturity Certificate, or The Order That Never Was. Fantasy of a Hierarchy-Free Future.”

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🎥 Nourhan ElSheikh: The Russian Grain Must Be Available in the World Market Without Restrictions

According to Nourhan ElSheikh, Professor of Political Science, Cairo University, the world is facing a very critical food crisis. One of the main solutions is that the Russian grain must be available in the world market without restrictions from the collective West. Otherwise the food situation will deteriorate more and more.

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🎥 Arvind Gupta: Digital Technologies Change Global Financial System

How will the global financial system change due to the implementation of new digital technologies? What new payment systems emerge and why is this important for society? Arvind Gupta, Head and Co-founder of Digital India Foundation shared his views at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club.

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🎥 Alan Freeman: Optimism in Russia Despite the Present Economic Warfare

According to Alan Freeman, Co-Director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Institute, the session on the Russian economy at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club was one of the most interesting.

“The most fascinating thing was a certain degree of optimism despite the present economic warfare. The Russian economy not only survived despite the sanctions, but becomes stronger. Anyway, the speakers identified the problems. The Americans said all the time that everything Russia was doing is wrong, and now Russia is responsible for all the troubles in the world. The response should be the sense of the Russian identity, the sense of the Russian history, the sense of Russia's contribution to the world, the sense of the right direction.”

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🎥 Arvind Gupta: Sanctions Are Here to Stay

The most important point that came out of the discussion was that sanctions are counterproductive for the producers and for the consumers. The discussion also indicated that sanctions are here to stay. In future, when political and military tensions rise, sanctions will remain in the toolkit of several countries, particularly of the western world.

Arvind Gupta, Director of the Vivekananda International Foundation, shares his thoughts on Session 6 of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, titled “Energy Markets Amid Military and Political Tensions: How Will They Develop?”

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🎥 Dayan Jayatilleka on International Aspects of Civilisation State Concept

Russia and India almost officially use the concept of civilisation state. But this is a new concept in international affairs. The experts discussed pros and cons of the concept as well as the importance of finding more universal, more international, more global aspects of the contribution of each civilization, including Russia.

Dayan Jayatilleka, weekly columnist for the Daily FT Colombo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Russian Federation (2018–2020), speaks about Session 8 of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, titled “Russian Civilisation Through the Centuries.”

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🎥 Yahia Zoubir on Cooperation Between Russian Government and Society

The Russian leadership, government and regions have been working towards real change in attending to the needs of the society, which is quite important. The Russian society regionally and nationally is supportive to the country’s way.

Yahia Zoubir, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, speaks about Session 9 of the Valdai Club’s 20th Annual Meeting, titled “Russian Society in the Era of Transformation.”

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🎥 Glenn Diesen on the Post-Soviet Space Experience

Multipolarity affects the post-Soviet space: fifteen former Soviet republics are redefining the relations, seeking economic connectivity with each other and wide world, developing their distinctive national identities, which are also built on their Soviet past. It is interesting to draw experience of all of them, Glenn Diesen @glenndiesen, Professor of the University of South-Eastern Norway, says, speaking about the special session of the Valdai Club’s 20th Annual Meeting, titled “The Post-Soviet Space: Lessons of the Past, Contours of the Future.”

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