Valdai Club

Andrew Korybko

Lydia Kulik

Arnaud Kalika

Kazushige Kobayashi

Wassim Kalaajieh

Agrafena Kotova

Dimitris Konstantakopoulos

Alexey Khlebnikov

Vasily Koltashov

Hasan Kanbolat

Turkey

Director of the Ankara-based Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM).

Materials

Vladimir Putin Tops Person of the Year 2013 List According to the Valdai Club Experts

Valdai Club experts were polled on the results of 2013 and the most important events and people who influenced or changed international affairs The majority of the experts agreed that Vladimir Putin was Person of the Year.

Syria Comes Up As the Best and Worst of 2013 in the Valdai Club Poll

Valdai Club experts were polled on the results of 2013 and the most important events that influenced or changed international affairs. The majority of the experts polled believe that the most positive development this year was the decision to secure and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons. They also note the role of the international community and Russia’s significant contribution.

Arab Revolutions May Take Decades

The results of the Arab Spring – positive or negative – will become clear later. What’s important are the long-term results, not the short-term results. Has the United States played a role in the current processes in the Arab world? Are the West or Iran involved? The answer is yes.