Opening of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club and Report Presentation
The concept of a multipolar world, proposed by Russia and supported by China, India, and a number of other major powers, was coined in the mid-1990s as a reaction to the post-Cold War global hegemony. The theoretical idea eventually turned into a practical goal and then into international reality. The next stage is to conceptualize how exactly this world order will function. On what basis will the centres of power interact and how can the conflict inherent in any polycentrism be curbed?
The concept of a multipolar world, proposed by Russia and supported by China, India, and a number of other major powers, was coined in the mid-1990s as a reaction to the post-Cold War global hegemony. The theoretical idea eventually turned into a practical goal and then into international reality. The next stage is to conceptualize how exactly this world order will function. On what basis will the centres of power interact and how can the conflict inherent in any polycentrism be curbed?