On May 16, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion titled “Security in the Asia-Pacific: Between Deterrence and Cooperation”. Nelson Wong, Vice President of the Shanghai Center for Strategic and International Studies; Vasily Kashin, Director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics; Alexey Kupriyanov, Head of the Indian Ocean Region Center at the IMEMO RAS, participated. The event was moderated by Timofei Bordachev, Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.