EVENTS

While Russia is the largest global nuclear power, India is the most populous and most dynamically growing market, and China the upcoming largest economy in the world. These three (super)powers clearly bear responsibility for the planet's future. However, their ability to build a new stable, safe and prosperous world will be tested against their success in building Greater Eurasia. Despite all challenges and difficulties in bilateral relations and in geopolitics, these three countries can demonstrate to the world that they are able to make Eurasia a free and fair economic environment - a peaceful continent where all national values and interests are equally respected. Can Moscow, Delhi, and Beijing do this?

Speaker

Babaev Kirill Vladimirovich, has been serving as Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS) since 2021. He chairs the Russian National Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) and is the Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Scientific Council of the BRICS National Research Committee. In 2023, he was elected President of the National Coordination Center for International Business Cooperation (NCCIBC). As a leading expert on the Asia-Pacific region, his experience spans both the academic and business sectors, and he also occupies the position of First Vice-President of the Alfa Group Consortium. He did his bachelor’s in Regional Studies and International studies from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) in 2000. He also holds degrees in Financial Management, Public Administration, History of Arts, and Oriental Studies. Holding a PhD in Philology (2008), a Doctor of Sciences in Philology (2013), he is also Professor at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation. His scholarly output includes numerous books and articles on international relations, linguistics, ethnography, and oriental studies. He is proficient in 13 foreign languages. His co-authored book Pivot to the East: Russia’s and East Asian Vector (2014-2024) was published in summer 2024.

Chair

Manoranjan Mohanty is a Distinguished Professor at the Council for Social Development, New Delhi. He is an Emeritus Fellow of the Institute of Chinese Studies, its founding member and former Chairperson. He is a social scientist, China scholar and a peace and human rights activist with research interests in the study of the political economy of China, India and global transformation. He was a Professor of Political Science and Director of, Developing Countries Research Centre at the University of Delhi. He was also the Emeritus Chairperson of Development Research Institute, Bhubaneswar. He has authored, among others, The Political Philosophy of Mao Zedong (1978, 2009, Hindi edition 1979, 2010); Red and Green: Five Decades of the Maoist Movement in India (2014); Contemporary Indian Political Theory (2000); Ideology Matters: China from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping (2016, Hindi edition 2021), China’s Transformation: The Success Story and the Success Trap (Sage: 2018), Hindi edition Cheen ka Kayapalat (Sage Bhasha,2020).

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