  {"id":7138,"date":"2015-11-16T11:55:30","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T16:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/?p=7138"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:47:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:47:01","slug":"impressions-from-valdai-russian-domestic-and-foreign-policy-in-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/2015\/impressions-from-valdai-russian-domestic-and-foreign-policy-in-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Impressions from Valdai: Russian domestic and foreign policy in perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Impressions from Valdai: Russian domestic and foreign policy in perspective\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Please join us <strong>Wednesday November 18, 2015<\/strong> for a special seminar:&nbsp;\u201c<strong><em>Impressions from Valdai:&nbsp; Russian domestic and foreign policy in perspective\u201d. <\/em><\/strong>Russian experts <strong>Dr. Piotr&nbsp;Dutkiewicz<\/strong>&nbsp;and <strong>Dr. Nikolai Zlobin<\/strong> will explore key themes in Russia\u2019s domestic and foreign policy discourse, drawing on their thoughts and impressions fresh from attending the 12<sup>th<\/sup> annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club; a prestigious international research and discussion club based in Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will take place from <strong>3:00-4:30pm<\/strong> in the <strong>History Department Lounge<\/strong> (Paterson Hall, <strong>PA 433<\/strong>), at 杏吧原创 University. &nbsp;A map of the 杏吧原创 campus is available <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/map.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Valdai_Club_PosterFinal.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Valdai_Club_PosterFinal-240x180.jpg\" alt=\"Valdai_Club_PosterFinal\" class=\"wp-image-7137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Valdai_Club_PosterFinal-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Valdai_Club_PosterFinal-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Valdai_Club_PosterFinal-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Valdai_Club_PosterFinal-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Valdai_Club_PosterFinal-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Valdai_Club_PosterFinal.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on our speakers please see below and\/or click on the event poster:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><b>Dr<\/b><b>. Nikolai <\/b><b>Zlobin<\/b><\/strong> is a well-known Russian-American political expert, journalist, and scholar. He has lived between Moscow and Washington for 20 years. He is the founder and president of the Center on Global Interests in Washington, D.C (2012), and has taught at &nbsp;Harvard, Stanford, and Georgetown. Dr. Zlobin has authored 23 books and more than 250 academic articles on policy, history and international security, published in 17 languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><b>Dr. Piotr <\/b><b>Dutkiewicz<\/b><\/strong>&nbsp;is a professor at EURUS and&nbsp;co-director of the Centre for Governance and Public Management (CGPM) at 杏吧原创 University. He is internationally recognized as a leading expert on Russia\u2019s internal, regional and global affairs. In recognition of his outstanding research and contributions to Russian-Canadian relations, Dr. Dutkiewicz received the&nbsp;Russian Federation\u2019s Order of Friendship&nbsp;from President Dmitry Medvedev (2009).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please join us Wednesday November 18, 2015 for a special seminar:&nbsp;\u201cImpressions from Valdai:&nbsp; Russian domestic and foreign policy in perspective\u201d. 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