Valdai International Discussion Club

The Valdai Club Foundation
Abbreviation Valdai Club
Formation 2004 (2004)
Type Discussion Club
Location
  • Moscow, Russia
Chairman
 Andrei Bystritsky
Website valdaiclub.com

The Valdai Discussion Club was established in 2004. It is named after Lake Valdai, which is located close to Veliky Novgorod, where the Club’s first meeting took place.

The intellectual potential of the Valdai Discussion Club is highly regarded both in Russia and abroad. More than 900 representatives of the international scholarly community from 62 countries have taken part in the Club’s work. They include professors from major world universities and think tanks, including Harvard, Columbia, Georgetown, Stanford, Carleton Universities, University College London, Cairo University, the University of Tehran, East China University, the University of Tokyo, Tel Aviv University, the University of Messina, Johns Hopkins University, the London School of Economics, King’s College London, Sciences Po and the Sorbonne.

Valdai Club’s regional programmes – the Asian, Mid-Eastern and Euro-Atlantic Dialogues – have drawn considerable attention from the international expert community. The Club holds a special session at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

In 2014 the Foundation assumed all responsibility for the Club’s projects. The Foundation was established by the Council for Foreign and Defence Policy, the Russian International Affairs Council, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and the National Research University – Higher School of Economics.

The club’s main goals are:

Permanent international members form the club’s backbone. Different foreign experts are invited every year. Russian members include political scientists, economists, journalists, public figures and policymakers with different views on events in Russia and abroad, and also representatives of executive and legislative power.

History

The Valdai Discussion Club was established in 2004. It was named after Lake Valdai, which is located close to Veliky Novgorod, where the club’s first meeting took place. The club’s goal is to promote dialogue between Russian and international intellectual elite, and to make an independent, unbiased scientific analysis of political, economic and social events in Russia and the rest of the world.

Over 800 representatives of the international scholarly community from almost 50 countries have taken part in the club’s work. They include professors of major world universities, including Harvard, Columbia, Georgetown, Stanford, Carleton University, University College London, Cairo University, the University of Teheran, East China University, the University of Tokyo, Tel Aviv University, the University of Messina, Johns Hopkins University, the London School of Economics, King’s College London, Sciences Po and the Sorbonne.

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