On 19 March in New Delhi, India, productive discussions were held on the current situation in the world and new opportunities for the development of international cooperation.
The keynote speakers were members of the Northern Forum delegation Vladimir Vasilev, Irina Strelnikova (Higher School of Economics), Natalia Vyakhireva (Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Maria Pitukhina (Petrozavodsk State University), Maria Lagutina (St. Petersburg State University) and guest professors Alexander Sergunin and Valery Konyshev (St. Petersburg State University). The Vivekananda International Foundation was represented by Director Arvind Gupta and Ambassador Kanwal Sibal.
Geopolitical Session with Russian Delegation – Participants of Raisina Dialogue
Venue: Vivekananda International foundation, 3, San Martin Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, India
Speakers:
- Ivan Timofeev, Director General, Russian International Affairs Council
- Julia Melnikova, Program Manager, Russian International Affairs Council
- Alexander Sergunin, Professor, Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University
- Valery Konyshev, Professor, Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University
Speakers from The Northern Forum delegation:
- Vladimir Vasilev, Executive Director, The Northern Forum
Future of Regional Cooperation in the Arctic
- Irina Strelnikova, Associate Professor, Department of International Regional Studies, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, expert CCEIS, HSE University, Russia; Senior Researcher in Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences
The potential of BRICS as a possible new model for developing cooperation with non-Arctic states in the Arctic
- Natalia Viakhireva, Head of the Department for Canada Studies, Georgy Arbatov Institute for the U.S. and Canada Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (ISKRAN)
What to expect from Trump in the Arctic?
- Mariia Lagutina, Professor, World Politics Department, School of International Relations, St Petersburg State University
Russia and India in the Arctic: overview of promising areas of cooperation
- Mariia Pitukhina, Professor, Department of Foreign History, Political Science and International Relations of the Institute of History, Political and Social Sciences Petrozavodsk State University; Leading researcher at the Karelian Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
Blue Economy: India, China and Russia