80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz. An Expert Discussion

80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz. An Expert Discussion
29.01.2025

Middle East: Back to the Unity That Never Existed? Opening and First Session of the 14th Middle East Conference (in English)

Middle East: Back to the Unity That Never Existed? Opening and First Session of the 14th Middle East Conference (in English)
04.02.2025

Middle East: Back to the Unity That Never Existed? Opening and First Session of the 14th Middle East Conference (in Arabic)

Middle East: Back to the Unity That Never Existed? Opening and First Session of the 14th Middle East Conference (in Arabic)
04.02.2025

Middle East: Back to the Unity That Never Existed? Opening and First Session of the 14th Middle East Conference (in English)

On February 4-5, the Valdai Discussion Club, in collaboration with the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, will hold its fourteenth Middle East Conference. The theme of the conference is “The Middle East – 2025: Learning Lessons from the Past, Surviving the Present, and Designing the Future”. You can watch the broadcast of the opening and first session on our website.

The Middle East represents a functioning model of the modern world. The main feature of the region in particular and the world as a whole is a dialectical confluence of high potential for conflict and inextricable interconnectedness. Problems cannot be solved individually, but neither do they have a general solution. How can stability be preserved and development prospects consolidated? What role can BRICS take in this regard?


Conference Schedule


February 4, Tuesday

09:55 – 10:00 Opening of the conference (live: Russian, Arabic, English)

10:00 – 11:30 Session 1. Middle East: Back to the Unity That Never Existed? (live: Russian, Arabic, English)

12:00 – 13:30 Meeting with Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

14:30 – 16:00 Session 2. Russia in the Middle East: New Challenges

16:30 – 18:30 Session 3. Syria: What's Next?

February 5, Wednesday

10:30 – 12:00 Session 4. The New Role of Mediators in Conflict Resolution: the Case of Palestine

12:30 – 14:00 Session 5. Transport Corridors and the Future of Security on Land and Sea (live: Russian, Arabic, English)

15:00 – 16:30 Session 6. The Future of the Middle East Politically and in the Context of Modern Scientific and Technological Development (live: Russian, Arabic, English)


Read the Programme for details.