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The 11th International Scientific and Expert Primakov Readings Forum will take place in Moscow at Radisson Blu Hotel Leninsky Prospect on June 23rd, 2025.
“GLOBAL TURBULENCE” IS THE CENTRAL THEME OF PRIMAKOV READINGS 2025
The Forum will be attended by Yuri Ushakov, Aide to the President of Russia, Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Konstantin Kosachev, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council and Vladislav Panchenko, Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The summit will feature leading Russian and international experts in the fields of international security, world politics and economics, representatives of public organizations, diplomats, and politicians.
Primakov Readings’ discussions will primarily focus on possible scenarios and approaches to the future world order that is emerging before our eyes – the strategic partnership between Russia and China as an anchor of stability in an unstable world. Relations in the Russia–China–USA triangle is another expected highlight of the conference. Nuclear multipolarity, energy transition, tariff wars, and other pressing issues of our time are also anticipated to be of significant focus for the Forum.
Over the past decades, the world has dramatically changed. The unipolar world order, along with the theoretical concepts underpinning it such as “a rules-based international order”, "the end of history", have become a relic of the past. Unfortunately, these misconceptions have developed into a well-traded mistake that the neoliberal, globalist elites of the West have put at the heart of their strategic decisions. As a result - NATO's eastwards expansion, the Arab Spring, color revolutions in Eastern Europe and along Russia’s borders, the Ukrainian crisis, and even internal polarization in Western societies. The current crisis of the world order is a consequence of these mistakes, as well as the result of historically determined structural shifts in the balance of military, political and economic power, technology development, migration and climate processes.
President of IMEMO Academician Alexander Dynkin
Primakov Readings will bring together 37 experts from 14 countries: the USA, Great Britain, China, India, Bulgaria, Serbia, Switzerland, Iran, Pakistan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan.
Opening Remarks by:
Yury Ushakov, Aide to the President of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Organizing Committee
Konstantin Kosachev, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
Vladislav Panchenko, Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Alexander Dynkin, President of Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Presentation of medals and diplomas to foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences:
To Professor Yan Xuetong – Jubilee Medal "300 years of the Russian Academy of Sciences"
To Professor Arvind Gupta – Diploma of a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Panel Discussion 1
Multipolar Nuclear Order
The transformation of the global nuclear order, under the pressure of international political and military-technical factors, is increasingly propelling us towards a new era of nuclear multipolarity. The once-dominant nuclear order, characterized by the American-Russian duopoly, is rapidly fading into the past. Nuclear weapons are spreading around the world. Since the end of the Cold War, three additional nuclear powers have emerged - India, Pakistan, and North Korea, while only one – South Africa – has renounced nuclear weapons. The process of nuclear weapons reduction in the United States and Russia has stalled, while experts indicate that the Chinese nuclear arsenal is growing. The UK government has announced an increase of its nuclear stockpile to a maximum limit. More recently, we have witnessed an armed conflict between two nuclear powers – India and Pakistan. The likelihood of new states acquiring nuclear capabilities is growing. Strategic stability is being undermined by new doctrines on the conduct of limited nuclear conflicts, new types of weapons and military technologies. The threat of nuclear weapons materials and radioactive substances falling into the hands of terrorists, remains and this risk is increasing with the emergence of nuclear multipolarity. The international nuclear arms control system is facing a deep crisis, and negative trends in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty regime are on the rise.
Moderator – Alexey Arbatov, Head of the Center for International Security, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Speakers:
- Anatoly Antonov, Professor of the Department of Applied International Analysis, MGIMO University; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation
- Anton Khlopkov, Director, Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS)
- Thomas Greminger, Director, Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP)
The organizers of the event are the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences and the Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation.
Panel Discussion 2
Greater Eurasia – Environment of Responsible Development
The world order of recent decades has been undergoing irreversible erosion. This recent crisis has reached a milestone beyond which a return to the old international relations system of the early 21st century (status quo ante) is hardly imaginable. It is still unclear what an alternative world order could or should be like. In this context, the key issue is the ability of Greater Eurasia to become an assembly point for a new global political and economic order based on the principles of indivisible security, equal opportunities and equitable economic cooperation. Much depends on the willingness of Eurasian countries to form institutions and rules of engagement designed to create a favorable environment for partner cooperation, expanding the range of development opportunities not only for the major Eurasian powers (Russia, China, India), but for all states that collectively make up Greater Eurasia. It also depends on the commitment of Eurasian states to create a unique zone of opportunity and growth, which will be open to the international win-win cooperation and will ensure political stability, economic dynamics, and shared prosperity.
Moderator – Anatoly Torkunov, Rector, MGIMO University, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Speakers:
- Yan Xuetong, Distinguished Professor, Honorary President, Institute of International Relations, Tsinghua University, China
- Sujan Chinoy, Director General, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, India
- Zhavlon Vakhabov, Director, International Institute of Central Asia, Uzbekistan
- Alexey Maslov, Director, Institute of Asian and African Countries, Moscow University
- Alexey Kupriyanov, Head of the Center of the Indo-Pacific Region, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)
Panel Discussion 3
Russia – USA – China Relations: New Trends
The current changes in American politics reflect global processes of the world order transformation, alliances reformatting, and creating new tools to ensure leadership in a multipolar world. The attempts to resume the Russian-American dialogue coincided with an unprecedented escalation of the US-China trade war, which is undermining the economic cooperation basis between the United States and China. On the contrary, the Russian-Chinese partnership, based on mutual trust, contributes to strengthening stability throughout the world. From the perspective of today, a desired goal seems to be establishing a format of US controlled strategic competition with China and Russia which allows keeping the struggle for interests within reasonable limits. A lot will depend on the success or failure of Trump's "conservative revolution," the evolution of the American "bipartisan consensus" on Russia and China, and the logic of the Trump administration's next steps towards both countries. Relations between Russia, China and the United States have a decisive impact in determining the degree of stability and viability of the future world order.
Moderator – Sergey Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Speakers:
- Robert Legvold, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science, Columbia University, USA
- Sunjoy Joshi, Chairman, Observer Research Foundation, India
- Zhang Ming, Deputy Director, Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP), CASS, China
- Alexander Lomanov, Deputy Director for Scientific Work, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)
- Victoria Zhuravleva, Deputy Director for Scientific Work, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)
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