BRICS as the New Space for Dialogue Among Cultures and Civilizations: The 22nd International Likhachov Scientific Conference, April 12–13, 2024
The Proceedings of the 22nd International Likhachov Scientific Conference held on April 12–13, 2024 in St. Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences were published in the present collection in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation V. V. Putin No. 587, May 23, 2001 “On perpetuating the memory of Dmitry Sergeyevich Likhachov”. Representatives of 18 countries took part in the 22nd Conference.
The 63 authors of the collection include prominent national scientists, members of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Education (RAE): President of the RAE, Academician of the RAE O. Yu. Vasilyeva; А. А. Akayev, Al. A. Gromyko, A. A. Guseynov, A. S. Zapesotsky, V. A. Lektorsky, A. G. Lisitsyn-Svetlanov, V. V. Naumkin, A. D. Nekipelov, R. I. Nigmatulin, Zh. T. Toshchenko, Т. Ya. Khabrieva, V. A. Chereshnev and others; the heads of academic institutions and research centres, university professors, well-known state and public figures, representatives of mass media: Member of the State Council of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia M. V. Shmakov; Chairman of the Committee on Science and Higher Education of the State Duma of the Russian Federation S. V. Kabyshev; First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture Ye. G. Drapeko; First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on CIS Affairs K. F. Zatulin; Deputy Head of the “United Russia” party faction in the State Duma A. K. Isaev; Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation M. V. Zakharova; Rector of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation A. V. Yakovenko; Director of the Higher School of Translation and Interpreting at Lomonosov Moscow State University N. K. Garbovsky; First Deputy Director General of the Russian News Agency TASS M. S. Gusman; Chairman of the board of directors of the newspaper “Komsomolskaya Pravda” V. K. Mamontov; Chairman of the Committee on Science and Higher Education of the Government of St. Petersburg A. S. Maksimov and others.
Foreign authors of the collection include Deputy Minister of Information of Belarus I. I. Buzovsky, Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Russian Federation P. Bülbüloğlu, Director of the Analytical center Conflicts Forum A. Crooke (United Kingdom), Dean of School of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran M.-R. Dehshiri, Director of Information Technology of the Sing Alliance B. Desgardins (Switzerland), Director of Centre for Central Eurasian Studies of the Russian University of Mumbai S. Deshpande (India), Vice President of the Marmara Group Strategic and Social Research Foundation C. Okray (Turkey); professors: S. Atlagić (Serbia), N. El-Sheikh Egypti Ch. Goddard (United Kingdom), O. Roqueplo (France), J. Sapir (France), T. Türker (Turkey), C. Varga (Hungary) and others.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin highly appreciates the role of the Likhachov Conference: “This scientific forum, dedicated to the most pressing topic – the place and role of BRICS on the world stage, provides a good opportunity for meaningful and constructive discussions at a high expert level, and the ideas and initiatives expressed will allow us to outline new areas of multilateral cooperation in the interests of building a more just, secure and prosperous world order.”