On February 9, the Valdai Discussion Club, with the support of the Russian Foreign Ministry, holds a conference titled “Collective Security in a New Era: Experience and Prospects of the CSTO”. The second session was titled “Lessons of Crisis and Eurasian Security”. Nikolay Bordyuzha, CSTO Secretary-General (2003–2016); Rashid Alimov, SCO Secretary-General (2016–2018); Bulat Sultanov, Director of the Research Institute for International and Regional Cooperation at the German-Kazakh University; Kubatbek Rakhimov, Executive Director, Public Foundation "Appliqata - Center for Strategic Solutions"; Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic (2019–2020); Sanzhar Valiev, Deputy Director, Deputy Director of Institute for Strategic and Interregional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan; Nelson Wong, Vice Chairman, Shanghai Centre for RimPac Strategic and International Studies, participated. The session was moderated by Timofei Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic Supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE).