Valdai Club

Dareen Khalifa

Andrey Klimov

Alexej Kelin

Andrew Kuchins

Oleg Kashirskih

Nubara Kulieva

Andrey Kortunov

Adil Kaukenov

Andrei Kokoshin

Alexander Konkov

Russian Federation

Head of the Division for International Peer Review at the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation and Visiting Lecturer at Moscow State University.

Materials

Report: Global Problems for Global Governance

The international community has long been working to create an effective system of agreements that would suit the requirements of all members of the international community, but it is at the time of crisis that these discussions are especially important, say the authors of a report, published ahead of the 11th annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi.

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.

A New Kosovo Precedent and the Power of Economic Integration

The Kosovo precedent has flung wide open the window of opportunity for all other frozen, secession-driven regional conflicts. If two views on the Balkans can exist simultaneously, why not on the Caucasus, Cyprus or the Middle East? There is also the example of China and Taiwan, which are now comfortable at the same table during APEC summits.

Towards New BRICS Summit: How to Assess the Economy

A week before the fifth BRICS Summit in Durban Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the Concept of Participation of the Russian Federation in BRICS. Today different global government frameworks like G20, where Russia is presiding this year, and BRICS meeting this week are in search for the new financial architecture in the modern world.

Open Government Partnership: Go Russia?

By the end of the latest electoral cycle in Russia, the Open Government was put forward as a key principle of Medvedev’s government. It was argued that such an endeavor would qualitatively improve the effectiveness of the executive branch, as it was considered that it would bind the government to the emergent activated society and its demands.