Under the title “Security in Eurasia: From Concept to Implementation,” the club is holding its new conference today, Tuesday, at its headquarters in Moscow, with the participation of a select group of experts and officials from India, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, and Russia. The conference addresses the Russian initiative to establish a unified Eurasian security structure, contributing to its development at the official level. This concept was formulated at the expert and decision-maker level and was proposed during bilateral summits with the leaders of India and China. It was also included in joint documents within the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Union State between Russia and Belarus.
The one-day conference program includes an opening session, three main sessions, and a closing session. The discussion topics include: Security in Eurasia: Conceptual Approaches. Security in Eurasia: Military-Political Dimension. Security in Eurasia: Economic Aspects.
The conference features the participation of several prominent international figures, including Mehdi Sanaei, Ambassador Extraordinary and Professor at the University of Tehran (Iran); Sanjeev Choudhury, Director of the Editorial Board of the Indian Armed Forces Institute (India); Rasheed Wali Janjua, Director of Research at the Islamabad Policy Studies Institute (Pakistan); Bulat Sultanov, Director of the International and Regional Cooperation Research Institute at the Kazakh-German University (Kazakhstan); and Wang Wen, Dean of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China (China).
From the Russian side, participants include Alexander Trofimov, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; General Yevgeny Buzhinsky, Deputy Chairman of the Russian International Affairs Council; General Vladimir Nazarov from Moscow State University of International Relations affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Anastasia Likhacheva, Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and Global Politics at the Higher School of Economics; Ivan Safranchuk, Senior Researcher at Moscow State University of International Relations affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Igor Makarov, Head of the Department of World Economy at the Higher School of Economics; along with Andrey Bystritsky, Chairman of the Board of the “Valdai” Foundation; Scientific Club Director Fyodor Lukyanov; and Program Directors Anton Bespalov and Ivan Timofeev.
The conference events will be broadcast live on all “Valdai Club” platforms, including the official website and the club’s social media accounts.
