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Support me and my work on Patreon - Or if you like, feel free to leave a one-time tip to my PayPal account, please look for “MikeRossiPoliSci@“ Twitter - “MichaelRossiPoliSci“ Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the 20th Annual Valdai International Club and speaks about ““Fair Multipolarity: How to Ensure Security and Development for Everyone.” Recorded October 5, 2023 Original video and Transcript - This is the first of a multipart series I will upload for the 2023 Valdai International Club, which was nearly a 4-hour session. They will all be uploaded to a new playlist: Valdai International Club 2023 over the next few days. This video includes Putin's opening plenary address and discusses his idea for Russia's role in a growing multipolar world in terms of contributing to collective peace and security. Among the topics addressed, Putin prioritizes the need for the end of global hegemony by any one state; which in this case is the United States, still, he claims, under the presumption its word is the same as international law and order. He also states that the war in Ukraine is not a war of territory, but a war of security. Putin also focuses on the topic of “civilizations“, which are broadly defined by key cultural, traditional, ideological, and behavioral differences from one another but can live in cooperation and even harmony if there is mutual respect and interdependence. In this, Putin continues to draw significantly from existing academic literature in International Relations; specifically studies on power alignments (bipolarism, multipolarism, unipolarism), and social character theory of civilizations (he doesn't specifically mention Samuel Huntington's work, The Clash of Civilizations, but he makes it obvious he has read it). **Disclaimer** All videos in this Playlist are subtitled in English without any additional commentary or opinion. Videos are complete recordings of original source material and are offered here as a service to those looking for uncut videos who cannot speak either language and prefer subtitles to read alongside the original language instead of a dubbed interpreter voice-over. Viewers were welcome and encouraged to use this information to develop or reinforce their own opinions. Comments are left open for public engagement, though YouTube does flag some that may be deemed either Spam or Inappropriate. It may take a day or two for me to go through every one, and it is up to me to decide whether to approve them. Normally I approve comments in the name of public expression. All opinions in the comment sections belong to the authors. #vladimirputin #putin #putinvladimir #multipolar #internationalrelations #ukrainewar #warinukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar
