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19/08/2013

Valdai Experts to Define Russia’s National Idea at the Anniversary Summit

Russian experts and international experts on Russia will meet for the 10th conference of the Valdai Discussion Club on September 16-19. The 10th anniversary meeting, Russia’s Diversity for the Modern World, will take place where the club was established – near Lake Valdai in the Novgorod Region.

01/08/2013

Valdai Discussion Club launched first grantees report

On July 31st in Moscow the Valdai Discussion Club launched the first report prepared under the auspices of the Research Grants Program of the Foundation for the Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club.

27/06/2013

Valdai Club Roundtable: “Identity through Diversity”

The Valdai International Discussion Club recently held a roundtable, Identity through Diversity, which capped off a series of meetings in Shanghai, Potsdam and Washington. The participants discussed the issue of national identity and tried to understand what unites Russia’s citizens in the 21st century, what challenges and threats loom in the future, and how to forge new values and ideals in Russian society in the interests of developing the Russian nation.

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17:00 31/07/2013
Rusian elite 2020 Report

Russian elite-2020

The analytical report “Russian elite-2020” is the first in a series of papers, prepared under the auspices of the Research Grants Program of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club.

11:33 24/01/2013
Russia’s Economy: after Transformation, before Modernization

Russia’s Economy: after Transformation, before Modernization

The analytical report “Russia’s Economy: after Transformation, before Modernization” was prepared after discussions at the Valdai Discussion Club Summit held on October 21–22, 2012. The report incorporates many of the conclusions on Russia’s political development contained in the 2011 Valdai report “Russia Should Not Miss Its Chance: Development Scenarios”.

17:00 08/11/2012
Valdai Index 2011-2012

Russia Development Index 2011-2012 (Valdai Index)

The Russia Development Index (Valdai Index) reflects the combined opinion of the world's leading experts on Russia as regards Russia’s political, economic, social, cultural and international performance. The annual poll aims to study changes in Russia’s development trends over a year. It is important that respondents assess not the current situation, but changes.

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Books about Russia

The Opportunity: Next Steps in Reducing Nuclear Arms

Published by influential Brookings Institution Press in August 2012 as part of its Brookings FOCUS series. Completed at the height of the US election campaign, The Opportunity offers the incoming president recommendations on the next steps in nuclear disarmament. The popular FOCUS series tackles the most important and urgent topics in the American political conversation. Each FOCUS book contains recommendations for national political elites.

By PIFER, Steven, O'Hanlon, Michael

Medvedev vs Putin: Is Russia’s Modernization Possible?

Published by Fujiwara Shoten in late 2012, this is the latest release by Hiroshi Kimura, one of Japan’s best-known analysts specializing in Russia and the former Soviet Union and who long served as head of the Center of Slavic Studies at Hokkaido University. His most recent book has sparked wide interest among experts in various fields, as well as among members of the general public who seek to know more about the current state of Russian-Japanese relations and today’s political and socio-economic situation inside Russia. In particular, the book focuses on the rivalry between elites in this county’s leadership.

By Kimura, Hiroshi

Wheel of Fortune: The Battle for Oil and Power in Russia

A thorough analysis of the Russian oil and gas sector since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the history of the rise of oil companies, the appearance of foreign investors in the Russian market, Russia’s rapid economic development in the early 2000s, the 2008 crisis, as well as upcoming problems in the sector and possible ways to resolve them.

By Gustafson, Thane
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From our readers

Future of Chinese-Russian Relations: Common Development and Pragmatic Cooperation

It is obvious that Russia and Vladimir Putin intend to build pragmatic cooperation with all those ready to build relations on equal and mutually beneficial terms. China is a very conven-ient partner in this regard. There is no need to remind of all the assessments made by leaders of both countries during the course of their high- and top-level meetings.

Russia's Slow Engagement Hinders Marriage

Over two decades China has made a huge success in implementing its long-term foreign strategic policy while Russia is still struggling to engage Africa. A critical assessment shows that Russia's problem of winning Africa back stems primarily from lack of political will and concrete policy agenda. After the collapse of the Soviet system, Russia revised its foreign policy concept which underlines new directions to develop political contacts and expand economic cooperation, but in the case of Africa, policy implementation has been slow and most often with little vigour and business-like flavour.

Valdai Experts to Define Russia’s National Idea at the Anniversary Summit

13:54 19/08/2013
Meeting of Valdai Discussion Club
© Anton Denisov, RIA Novosti

Russian experts and international experts on Russia will meet for the 10th conference of the Valdai Discussion Club on September 16-19. The 10th anniversary meeting, Russia’s Diversity for the Modern World, will take place where the club was established – near Lake Valdai in the Novgorod Region.

Pilgrims line up to see Cross of St. Andrew the First-Called
10:11 19/08/2013

Russian Identity and the Challenges of the Time

The collapse of the Soviet Union was caused among other things by an awakening of Russian national identity. However, the new state, the Russian Federation, found itself facing the problem of whether it was a successor and legal heir to the Soviet Union or to the Russian Empire? Or is it a completely new state?

FYODOROV, Valery
3rd Russia Calling! investment forum
13:42 15/08/2013

Opportunities and obstacles of proactive contracting for Russian business

The most notable obstacles for proactive contracting are rigid law and strict business/contracting practices. In the Russian market, these obstacles are both exceptionally strong. Russian contract law is more rigid than its Western counterparts’, especially compared with Nordic contract law. The reason for this is that Russian academic lawyers, who drafted the Civil Code, seem to regard rigid legal rules as means of protecting contracting parties and courts offering protection.

NYSTEN-HAARALA, Soili
Alexander Rahr
10:20 16/08/2013

Does Russia need a new western policy?

Russia should consider coming up with a western policy concept using the old ideas of Germany’s eastern policy. A “conservative revolution” is unfolding in Russia as a response to the western postmodern mindset, but there are a lot of conservatives and traditionalists in the West as well. Russia should renew its dialogue with the EU on the creation of a free-trade zone, and could get there by accelerating the adoption of WTO rules.

RAHR, Alexander
Peace Mission 2013, Russia-China joint anti-terrorism drill
11:33 15/08/2013

A look at Russian national strategy in the context of defence, foreign policy, and relations with NATO

Despite a multitude of various official doctrines and concepts, the Russian approach to strategic policy and national defence planning still remains internally inconsistent and haphazard. The Russian National Security Doctrine-2020, approved by erstwhile President Dmitry Medvedev in May 2009 (and clearly developed under the guidance of Vladimir Putin) is largely devoid of any political commitments or meaningful strategies.

PUKHOV, Ruslan
 

Blogs

by Dmitry Gorenburg
10:22 08/20/2013

Eastern command exercises

In July, the Russian military completed the largest spot check exercise it has conducted since 1991. The overall assessment of these exercises from the military has been largely positive, though some areas did come in for criticism. This is not ideal, but is certainly a better statistic than in the bad old days a decade ago.

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by Nivedita Das Kundu
14:33 07/10/2013

Russia Encourages Afghanistan's Active Role in SCO

Now the issues that arises is about the focus of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the way it is going to move forward in the coming years. Afghanistan is going to get adequate attention within SCO and will become significant for the organisation in the coming years.

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by Alexei Fenenko
11:08 08/23/2012

Inconspicuous anniversary

The world order laid down by the Atlantic Charter was based on U.S. military and economic dominance. To all intents and purposes, Washington will maintain its military dominance for the foreseeable future. Economic dominance is another matter.

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Russia in Foreign Media

U.S.-Russia Relations: Don't Let Politics Get in the Way of Business

As an executive straddling the U.S. and Russian economies, I’ve been surprised by the heavy-handed talk about Russia lately. While we can all agree the Snowden affair is controversial, it’s important that doesn’t overshadow the major strides made between Russia and the U.S. in the last decades.

Russia's Economy Really Is Slowing Down: Unemployment Ticked Up In Q2 2013

Russia’s economy hasn’t been getting a lot of love recently, with news stories touting the increased risk of recession and the central bank’s limited room for maneuver. GDP growth in the second quarter was as little as 1.2% year over year, which would make it Russia’s worst performance since the harrowing recession that accompanied the global financial crisis.

Russia and Japan launch territorial row talks

Russian and Japanese diplomats held talks in Moscow on Monday in a bid to restart stalled negotiations over a territorial row that has kept the two neighbours from signing a World War II peace treaty and rejuvenating economic ties.

While Obama Breaks the Reset, Putin Slouches

Vladimir Putin once said, "Whoever offends us will not live out the day." This principle applies to both his domestic and foreign policies. That is why many political analysts expected Putin to answer U.S. President Barack Obama in kind after he canceled his scheduled summit in Moscow with Putin.

The Reluctant Conflict Mediator: EU-Georgia Relations Under The Neighborhood Policy – Analysis

Relations between the European Union (EU) and Georgia have evolved significantly since the establishment of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) in 2004. Considering the limited scope of political, economic and security relations during the 1990s, the ENP represented an important framework for the development of a new partnership between the two actors.

Russia facing challenges ahead of Sochi Games

Bus drivers ferrying the athletes and fans got lost. Spectators trudged to the stadium on a crude path through trees. Controversy flared over Russia’s anti-gay law.

Russian Gays Look to U.S. for Asylum

Artem Mitrofanov came to the U.S. with scars of growing up gay in Russia. Some were literal, such as the one on his wrist from the day he says a skinhead slashed him with a broken bottle. Others were internal, including pains in his kidney, which he says are the result of being beaten by assailants wielding religious icons who told him he should die.

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