Primakov Readings 2023

November 27−28, 2023

IX International Forum "Primakov Readings"

The Forum 2023
Postglobalization Horizons

The two days saw eight sessions covering a wide range of questions put under discussion, starting from the rivalry between China and the US and ending with the relations between Russia and the Baltic states.

The forum traditionally heard a speech by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who presented his vision of the current world order and answered questions from the participants. A special session of the second day was devoted to discussing nuclear cooperation. It was attended by Alexey Likhachev, Director General of the Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation.

Primakov Readings 2023

09:00—10:00

REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS

10:00—11:00

OPENING CEREMONY

Opening Remarks by the Head of Organizing Committee, Aide to the President of the Russian Federation, Yury Ushakov

Opening Remarks by the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Konstantin Kosachev

Opening Remarks by the President of Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Alexander Dynkin

Opening Remarks by the President of the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sergey Katyrin

11:15—12:45

PANEL DISCUSSION 1. Political Risks for Global Energy Markets

Moderator: Elena Telegina, Dean of the Faculty of International Energy Business, Gubkin University of Oil and Gas

Speakers:

Sergey Ivanov, Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport
Vladimir Milovidov, Deputy Director for Scientific Work, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)
Sergey Kudryashov, General Director of Zarubezhneft JSC
Mehdi Sanaei, Associate Professor at the University of Tehran, director of the Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Iran (online)
Stanislav Zhukov, Deputy Director for Scientific Work, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)

13:00—15:00

SPEECH BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION SERGEY LAVROV

15:00—16:00

LUNCH

16:00—17:30

PANEL DISCUSSION 2. The Middle East: The Tragedy and Challenges of the Unresolved Conflict

Moderator: Vitaly Naumkin, Scientific Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Speakers:

Hatim Al Shanfari, Professor of the Department of Economics and Finance, Qaboos Sultan University, Oman
Hasan Unal, Professor of the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Başkent University, Türkiye
Seyed Mohammad Kazem Sajjadpour, Senior Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), Professor of International Relations, School of International Relations, Iran
Ali Al Ahmad, Advisor to the Russian Centre of Science and Culture (RCSC) in Damascus, Syria
Ramzi Ezzeldin Ramzi, Former Senior Under Secretary at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations and Deputy Special Envoy for Syria (2014−2019) (online)
Irina Zvyagelskaya, Head of the Center for the Middle East Studies, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)

15:00—16:30

PANEL DISCUSSION 3. China — U.S.: Competition, Interdependence, Global Context

Moderator: Sergey Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Speakers:

Zhang Yuyan, Director of the Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), China (online)
Robert Legvold, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Political Science, Columbia University, USA (online)
Li Yongquan, Chairman of the All-China Association for the Study of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Director of the Institute of Social Development of Europe and Asia of the Development Research Center of the State Council of the PRC, China
Thomas Graham, Distinguished Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, USA (online)
Sergey Kislitsyn, Acting Director of the Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Alexander Lomanov, Deputy Director for Scientific Work of Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)

09:00—09:30

REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS

09:30—11:00

PANEL DISCUSSION 4. Special session with participation of Alexey Likhachev, Director General of the State Atomic Energy Corporation "Rosatom"

11:30—13:00

PANEL DISCUSSION 5. Russia — Africa: From Program Guidelines to Cooperation Practices

Moderator: Irina Abramova, Director of the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Speakers:

Mikhail Bogdanov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Uganda (online)
Thabo Mbeki, South African politician, the second President of the Republic of South Africa (1999−2008)
Ibrahim Kamel, Founder and Chairman of KATO Investment, Egypt
Mustafa Bello, Founder and Chairman of the Mustafa Bello Foundation for Small Enterprise Development, former Minister of Commerce of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999−2002)
Siroj Loikov, First Deputy CEO, Member of the Board of Directors, PJSC PhosAgro
Andrey Severilov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of FESCO Transportation Group

13:00—14:00

LUNCH

14:00—15:30

PANEL DISCUSSION 6. Central Asia, South Caucasus and Russia in Search of New Development Models

Moderator: Sergey Lebedev, Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

Speakers:

Erkin Tukumov, Director of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies (KazISS) under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Akramjon Nematov, First Deputy Director of the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies (ISRS) under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Alexander Iskandaryan, Director of Caucasus Institute, Armenia
Farid Shafiev, Chairman of the Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center), Azerbaijan
Li Xin, Director of the Research Institute of Eurasian Studies, Professor of the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, China
Eduard Solovyev, Head of the Center for Post-Soviet Studies at Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)
Stanislav Pritchin, Senior Researcher at the Center for Post-Soviet Studies at Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)

15:45—17:15

PANEL DISCUSSION 7. The Baltiсs: Dangerous Waters?

Moderator: Feodor Voitolovsky, Director of Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)

Speakers:

Anton Alikhanov, Governor of the Kaliningrad Region
Zhang Jian, Vice President of China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), Director of the Institute of European Studies, China (online)
Tarja Kronberg, Research Fellow at Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), former Member of the Parliament of Finland (2003−2007), former Member of the European Parliament (2011−2014), Finland
Alexander Grushko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Alexey Gromyko, Director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Nadezhda Arbatova, Head of the Department for European Political Studies, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)

17:30—19:00

PANEL DISCUSSION 8. Rise of the Global South

Moderator: Anatoly Torkunov, Rector of MGIMO University, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Speakers:

Pankaj Saran, Convenor of NatStrat, Member of the National Security Advisory Board, India
José Ramón Cabañas, Director of the Center for International Policy Studies, Republic of Cuba
Venkatesh Varma, Former Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation (2018−2021)
Saiful Hoque, Former Ambassador of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the Russian Federation (2009−2019)
Alexey Kupriyanov, Head of the Center for the Indo-Pacific Region, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)

Findings and Conclusions

Primakov Readings 2023

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