Valdai Club

On July 10, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion titled “Peace Through Strength: The Middle East Funnel”.

On July 4, the Valdai Club will host a presentation of the Valdai Paper “The Semiconductor Reindustrialisation of the United States: Implications for the World.”

On June 27, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion titled “NATO in The Hague: a crisis of development or the beginning of a collapse?”

On June 26, the Valdai Discussion Club hosted an expert discussion dedicated to the place and role of the United Nations in the changing world order, timed to coincide with the anniversary of the signing of the UN Charter in 1945.

On June 18, as part of the business programme of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2025, the Valdai Club held a roundtable discussion titled “Sustainability in a World of Uncertainty: Universal Security Through Stronger States”.

The boundary between external and internal dynamics is nearly erased – global shocks reverberate as socio-political instability within nations. The best defence against external turbulence is domestic social harmony. But how can it be achieved? How do we strike a constructive balance amid contradictory forces? These questions were discussed in the run-up to SPIEF by the participants of the third session of the roundtable .

Artificial intelligence is the most talked-about topic of our time. The more we learn, the stronger the sense that its evolution will not just transform our lives but may relegate human abilities to the fringes of history. But how accurate is this fear? Where must humans compromise, and where will technology never replace them? Should we fear AI? The participants of the second session of the roundtable discussed these questions in the run-up to SPIEF.

On June 17, the Valdai Discussion Club held a roundtable in Saint Petersburg, in the run-up to SPIEF, titled “Homo Perplexus: How to Stop Fearing and Learn to Love Change”. The participants of the first session discussed, whether the state is capable of pursuing policy without strategy and whether tactics can be made strategic in an era of dramatic change.

On June 5, the Valdai Club hosted a discussion on the energy policy of Donald Trump’s administration.

On June 4, the Valdai Club in Moscow hosted a discussion exploring the evolving cooperation between Russia and Pakistan, as well as the broader geopolitical landscape of South Asia.