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Watch Vladimir Putin deliver a pivotal keynote addressing rising geopolitical turmoil, Western dominance, technological disruption, and the emerging architecture of global peace and security.
In this full Putin speech 2026 at the prestigious Valdai Discussion Club (Valdai 2026), Russian President Vladimir Putin outlines Russia foreign policy in navigating an era of profound polycrisis. As traditional mechanisms fail, Putin speech highlights the imperative of constructing a stable multipolar world order while moving decisively beyond Western hegemony. A central pillar of this vision is the Greater Eurasian partnership, championed across international platforms alongside BRICS and partner states.
Drawing critical historical parallels, this putin speech today reflects on the lessons of the late Soviet era, the cautionary insights of German statesman Egon Bahr, and the indispensable balance between tradition and technological progress. Examining modern existential risks, the address scrutinizes the perilous role of AI in warfare, autonomous weapons ethics, and digital totalitarianism.
Highlighting the historic vigilance of Stanislav Petrov during the 1983 nuclear false alarm, the address emphasizes why human judgment, ethics, and caution must remain paramount over automated systems. Furthermore, it advocates for fundamental UN reform to empower the sovereign Global Majority and details practical diplomatic steps toward regional stability, notably the multilateral development of the Eurasian Charter.
While this Vladimir Putin address delivers comprehensive commentary on strategic stability, international relations, and diplomacy, it maintains a macro-level geopolitical focus. As a result, the video does not provide detailed operational or battlefield breakdowns of active military campaigns, nor does it present specific tactical intelligence analyses. Viewers expecting in-depth discussions on economic micro-policies, internal fiscal budgets, trade tariff schedules, or municipal domestic governance will find that these domestic administrative issues are not explored.
Additionally, this address does not provide line-by-line negotiations concerning external treaties, nor does it deliver exhaustive institutional histories of multilateral bodies like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). While the video focuses on technological ethics, it does not offer software engineering assessments or technical algorithms regarding how AI systems are coded. Finally, speculative commentary on political transitions, partisan debates, or non-security cultural affairs outside the forum's core diplomatic scope is entirely excluded, keeping the focus strictly on broad strategic architecture.
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00:00 – Vladimir Putin Valdai 2026: Facing Global Polycrisis & New World Realities
03:21 – End of Western Hegemony: Building a Multipolar World Order
05:54 – Urgent UN Reform: Why the Global Majority Rejects Western Hegemony
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In this full Putin speech 2026 at the prestigious Valdai Discussion Club (Valdai 2026), Russian President Vladimir Putin outlines Russia foreign policy in navigating an era of profound polycrisis. As traditional mechanisms fail, Putin speech highlights the imperative of constructing a stable multipolar world order while moving decisively beyond Western hegemony. A central pillar of this vision is the Greater Eurasian partnership, championed across international platforms alongside BRICS and partner states.
Drawing critical historical parallels, this putin speech today reflects on the lessons of the late Soviet era, the cautionary insights of German statesman Egon Bahr, and the indispensable balance between tradition and technological progress. Examining modern existential risks, the address scrutinizes the perilous role of AI in warfare, autonomous weapons ethics, and digital totalitarianism.
Highlighting the historic vigilance of Stanislav Petrov during the 1983 nuclear false alarm, the address emphasizes why human judgment, ethics, and caution must remain paramount over automated systems. Furthermore, it advocates for fundamental UN reform to empower the sovereign Global Majority and details practical diplomatic steps toward regional stability, notably the multilateral development of the Eurasian Charter.
While this Vladimir Putin address delivers comprehensive commentary on strategic stability, international relations, and diplomacy, it maintains a macro-level geopolitical focus. As a result, the video does not provide detailed operational or battlefield breakdowns of active military campaigns, nor does it present specific tactical intelligence analyses. Viewers expecting in-depth discussions on economic micro-policies, internal fiscal budgets, trade tariff schedules, or municipal domestic governance will find that these domestic administrative issues are not explored.
Additionally, this address does not provide line-by-line negotiations concerning external treaties, nor does it deliver exhaustive institutional histories of multilateral bodies like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). While the video focuses on technological ethics, it does not offer software engineering assessments or technical algorithms regarding how AI systems are coded. Finally, speculative commentary on political transitions, partisan debates, or non-security cultural affairs outside the forum's core diplomatic scope is entirely excluded, keeping the focus strictly on broad strategic architecture.
#MultipolarWorld #Valdai #Geopolitics
00:00 – Vladimir Putin Valdai 2026: Facing Global Polycrisis & New World Realities
03:21 – End of Western Hegemony: Building a Multipolar World Order
05:54 – Urgent UN Reform: Why the Global Majority Rejects Western Hegemony
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00:00Society and state are rather contradictory, and I will go in more detail later.
00:04The scale of changes, of what's happened and what is yet to come, is tremendous.
00:09We seem to understand that.
00:11It's for a reason that there are so many debates on the future,
00:14quite often with a well-pronounced sense of alarm due to uncertainty and unpredictability.
00:21However, humanity, though it feels tremendous changes,
00:24still is not yet fully aware of the caliber of challenge that it's facing.
00:31This is the beginning of a completely new reality.
00:35Threats and dangers are closely intertwined with opportunities and outlooks.
00:41They are a part and parcel of each other.
00:44Our whole life is going through change.
00:47I'd like to highlight once again,
00:49when not really talking about the shift of balance of powers between major powers
00:54or redistribution of economic and technological impact.
00:58Naturally, it's all important and it's happening.
01:03But most importantly,
01:05these changes touch upon biological, moral and ethic nature of a human
01:11and his essence, the modus vivendi of human
01:14and foundation of a world outlook.
01:17Technology and technology is opening a fantastic
01:20and bordering on sci-fi outlook for extension of longevity and quality of life.
01:25But they also bring the new level of possibility of total destruction.
01:29It was a result of military conflict,
01:32fast deterioration of environment,
01:34all lost of control over the technological processes that have been launched.
01:39It is clear that such atmosphere cannot but have increased anxiety for people,
01:46communities with increased domestic tensions,
01:50with a lack of understanding what the future is to hold.
01:54One of the consequences of that is feverish domestic politics,
01:58especially so since the classic party systems
02:00are diminishing in their reflection of the fast shifts in social structure.
02:07Any state, whatever the system
02:10or whatever the cultural, historical traditions it has,
02:15inside stability,
02:16and I think you will agree with me here,
02:18is always most important.
02:21And in order to maintain such stability,
02:25governments may undertake very different actions
02:28that could have an impact on the situation outside of the country,
02:32in neighbouring countries, regions, and in the world on the whole.
02:36In other words, unfortunately,
02:39this could be called the export of instability.
02:42All of that only exacerbates and increases,
02:45raises the temperature, so to speak, in international sphere.
02:49Whatever the scenario that will happen in the future,
02:54unfortunately, it is very likely
02:55that international conflicts will continue,
02:58especially since major changes and opportunities opened by that
03:03only feed into the ambitions and stimulate the ambition,
03:08appetite for the risk for a seemingly big gamble.
03:12I would like to be wrong in my evaluation,
03:15but it seems that resilient trends of today
03:17are unfortunately indeed such.
03:21But we are confident that, in strategic perspective,
03:25as the shift from Western hegemony is happening,
03:28the global situation will change for the better,
03:30towards a more stable, democratic, and free,
03:33multi-polar world order.
03:36But it is also apparent that,
03:38on the path to such world order,
03:41many risks await us,
03:44for states, communities, for each and every person.
03:48It is unavoidable amid major changes.
03:53Therefore, minimization of risks at all levels,
03:55from global to personal level,
03:58is the main task and responsibility
04:00of decision-makers in politics,
04:03businesses, science, and in life in general.
04:09The responsibility is to help people become cognizant of such risks
04:14and be prepared for them so that a person and a family
04:18would not be left alone with the issues in the sphere of security,
04:22changing labor market or digital space, and so on.
04:28What is especially important, in my view?
04:32Carefulness and caution
04:34in order not to land under an avalanche of uncontrolled changes.
04:39Should there be an active and proactive approach
04:42in order to prevent most unfavorable scenarios?
04:45Should the circumstances be used to their own advantage?
04:49There is no single answer.
04:51In each case, a separate policy is more relevant.
04:58People are trying to adjust to what is happening.
05:02However, amid a poly crisis,
05:05as it is called today, comprehensive and ubiquitous,
05:08it is very hard to detach themselves
05:10from daily governance crisis
05:12and to look to the future beyond the crisis.
05:15The current responsibility is tremendous.
05:19Any mistake may come at a very high price for the future, for example.
05:24Current tasks often push to the back burner strategic goals.
05:28It is easily explained.
05:30However, it is tremendously dangerous.
05:32Responding to many current issues is impossible
05:36without taking into account how our current actions
05:40will impact the future.
05:42As one of the famous classics of Russian political thought
05:48said, one should see the forest for the trees.
05:52So what's the picture on the whole?
05:55It is apparent that the mechanisms of agreeing
05:57on the interests and actions of states
05:59that used to be created during the previous periods
06:02are incapable of efficiently conducting governance.
06:06Not because these mechanisms are bad,
06:09but since the conditions,
06:11when and why they were created, have changed.
06:15A new reality that is emerging
06:18will naturally help create new tools,
06:21but it is a very lengthy process.
06:25Let's be frank.
06:26Some international organizations
06:29quite often do not curb risks,
06:32but rather beget and provoke such risks,
06:34serving the interests of one country or a group of states.
06:39And they were not created for that.
06:42Criticism is voiced towards such foundational institution
06:46as the United Nations,
06:49which according to its charter is called
06:51to play the central coordinating mechanism
06:54in global affairs.
06:56Quite often, this criticism is not objective.
06:59However, there are founded criticisms as well.
07:02Partly, it has to do with the fact that the UN,
07:04though it is the most representative global organization,
07:09is essentially managed not as collegially
07:12and democratically as it was conceived.
07:15And disproportionately great impact
07:20is in hands of the limited group of Western countries,
07:24which, being an apparent global minority,
07:26has essentially hijacked the management function.
07:29And since the real impact of these countries
07:31is diminishing towards a more sovereign
07:36and confident global majority,
07:38the imbalances of the UN institution
07:41are thrown into greater relief.
07:43This is a systemic issue
07:44that cannot be solved overnight.
07:47Russia, before and right now,
07:51supports the idea of a just reform of the United Nations,
07:54but it's impossible without the inner consensus,
07:57which is hard to achieve right now.
08:00I'd like to repeat,
08:01they were consistently advocating
08:03for the UN structure
08:05to reflect the diversity of the whole world,
08:07so a more significant role
08:10would be played by the countries of Asia,
08:12Africa, Latin America, and Middle East.
08:15It's important to keep in mind
08:16that the UN transformation
08:18is not only the expansion of the Security Council
08:21and other measures
08:22on a more balanced geographic representation
08:25of the countries
08:26in the international governance bodies.
08:28This is new content
08:30and essence of the work of the organization,
08:33priority dimensions for its activity,
08:36including future dimensions,
08:38especially since the global changes
08:41create a tremendous number of new dilemmas
08:44which were simply not present in the past.
08:48The most evident example
08:50is the artificial intelligence
08:52and we're yet to learn how to live with it.
08:55What would be the impact
08:56of its rapid development
08:57on the intellectual level of humanity,
09:00the impact on spiritual and cultural heritage?
09:04It is no coincidence
09:06since such a term
09:08as careful digitalization is being discussed,
09:10that is abandoning uncontrollable introduction
09:13of such technologies
09:14into those spheres
09:15that have always been important
09:17and delicate
09:18for the ethical development of the person.
09:22And socio-humanitarian aspects
09:24of expansion of artificial intelligence
09:27is now being analyzed more thoroughly
09:29than technical or economic.
09:31Experts increasingly alarmed
09:34by the development and distribution
09:35of artificial intelligence,
09:37which could be yet another attempt
09:39to bring everyone to a common denominator
09:41to facelessness
09:43now through the use of algorithm
09:45established by someone.
09:48Such digital totalitarianism
09:50would be a dead end
09:52and dark and inhumane
09:55as well-known examples
09:57of totalitarian societies of the past.
09:59And yet another important matter
10:01it is relevant today
10:02and will become even more relevant.
10:05It is how the states
10:08who have becoming more and more digitized
10:12may ensure sovereignty in the sphere.
10:15It is how can they guarantee
10:17their security and uniqueness
10:19without walling off
10:20from global progress
10:22and falling behind
10:23in technological development.
10:26A different dimension
10:27where science and technology
10:28are drastically changing the world
10:30is the capacity of human
10:32to deeply interfere
10:33into what was previously thought
10:35as prerogative of the creator.
10:38Genetic changes of the body
10:40impact on the shaping
10:42of a human
10:44and programming human behavior
10:46and even way of thinking.
10:48We need to bring together
10:49efforts of countries and communities
10:51in order to find
10:53acceptable solutions
10:54for these very delicate
10:58existential matters of existence.
11:02It would make sense
11:03to conduct such work
11:04within international organizations,
11:07but many of them,
11:08as I have already said,
11:10are under excessive influence
11:11of the West.
11:13They have an interest
11:16not in overall progress
11:18but rather in maintaining their power.
11:21Institutions,
11:21which used to be efficient
11:23and after the Second World War,
11:24do not reflect the situation
11:26of the second quarter
11:27of the current century.
11:29Is it possible
11:30to effectively reform it
11:31so that it would be in line
11:32with the modern reality?
11:34This is an open question.
11:36New international associations
11:38emerge,
11:40borne by the current global situation.
11:43Naturally,
11:43they have great outlook,
11:45be that regional associations
11:47or such global associations,
11:51for example,
11:51as BRICS.
11:54However,
11:54we need to admit
11:55that they have a lot of work
11:57ahead of them
11:57to define their own functionality,
12:00how to optimize
12:01the spheres of application
12:03and the limits of their capacity.
12:07It's hard to expect
12:08from the recent associations
12:11that will be fast
12:12in building the world
12:13and shape its multipolar model.
12:16Well,
12:16it will be too much.
12:17This is a lengthy
12:19and thorny path
12:20with many unknowns,
12:21but it will bring a result.
12:23Absolutely.
12:24Does it mean
12:25that we are right now
12:26doomed to chaos?
12:27No.
12:28Such a verdict
12:30would be premature.
12:33In general,
12:34the world,
12:34regulated through
12:35clearly written norms
12:37and defining institutions,
12:40the world,
12:41an ordered world,
12:42so to speak,
12:43is a recent invention
12:44of the past century.
12:45All previous centuries
12:47did without it.
12:48Well,
12:49as we know,
12:50to put it mildly,
12:51it was happening
12:52in different ways.
12:54Concededness,
12:55jealousy,
12:56and greed
12:56have always
12:57had place
12:58in global politics,
12:59and this happens
13:00today as well.
13:01Nevertheless,
13:02responsible powers
13:03have always,
13:04this way or another,
13:05have competed
13:08with each other,
13:09but still they
13:09cooperated,
13:10they constructed
13:11and conducted
13:13systems of relations
13:14with other
13:16smaller states as well,
13:18and in general,
13:18they try to preserve stability.
13:20Right now,
13:21against the backdrop
13:22of crisis of institutions
13:23and deterioration
13:24of international law,
13:26big countries
13:26have tremendous responsibility,
13:29commensurate
13:29with their tremendous opportunities.
13:31Such states
13:32have potential
13:33for actions
13:33that could,
13:34in one fell swoop,
13:36change the global trends
13:37towards greater
13:38predictability
13:39and security,
13:40or,
13:41on the contrary,
13:42to deterioration
13:43and avalanche of issues.
13:45Such potential
13:46has a multiplier effect
13:48due to new technologies
13:50that I have already mentioned.
13:51It is apparent
13:54how efficiently
13:55the risks
13:56are being managed
13:56at the stage
13:57of rapid changes
13:58will define
13:59the future
13:59of all worlds
14:00and that means
14:00that every person
14:01has a problem
14:02to understand
14:05the future
14:06and that means
14:06the lack
14:06of widely recognized rules,
14:09understanding
14:10of a principle
14:10of equal
14:11and indivisible security
14:12quite often pushes
14:13or abandoning
14:15such principles
14:16pushes towards
14:17egoistic behavior
14:18and in some cases
14:19it's turning
14:19into aggressive attempts
14:21to achieve
14:22unilateral advantages,
14:23worsen the chaos
14:24and use it
14:26in their own interests.
14:28global politics
14:29gives us examples
14:31of that
14:32basically every day.
14:35All taboos,
14:36thinkable and unthinkable,
14:38are being violated.
14:40I will not be
14:41naming what's happening,
14:42but I think that
14:43everyone present here
14:44is fully aware of that.
14:47I'm deeply convinced
14:49that such complicated matters
14:51as international relations
14:53requires delicacy,
14:55observing not only
14:56the laws adopted,
14:57but as the advocates
15:00of common law
15:01usually say it,
15:02not only the latter,
15:03but the spirit of law
15:04and established
15:06and recognized custom.
15:07Moral and ethical limitations
15:09and decorum
15:10are important
15:11because the respect for them
15:13creates an opportunity
15:14for at least some kind
15:15of dialogue.
15:16On the contrary,
15:17systematic violation
15:18of commitments,
15:19deceit,
15:20turning communication
15:21into travesty,
15:23turning every meaningful
15:25conversation
15:25into propaganda,
15:27conspicuous mockery
15:28of facts
15:29and turning them
15:30inside out
15:31in order to achieve
15:32temporary benefit,
15:35all that
15:38diminishes
15:39the foundation
15:40of international
15:40existence.
15:42and I think
15:43this behavior
15:44is very myopic
15:45and dangerous.
15:47Temporary gain
15:48achieved through that
15:49might turn into
15:50long-term failure
15:51and, most importantly,
15:53deteriorate the situation
15:54for everyone
15:54since the interconnectedness
15:56of the world
15:57is still there.
15:59All brawn
16:00and no brain
16:00principle
16:01seems guiding
16:03for some international
16:04stakeholders.
16:04They're convinced
16:05of their own
16:06military-political-economic
16:08and, as they think,
16:09moral exceptionalism.
16:12We know very well
16:13from history
16:14that it would bring
16:15nothing good.
16:17I'll get distracted
16:18from the main topic.
16:20I think that
16:21there are people
16:21present here
16:22who have very different
16:23viewpoints
16:24on the very acute
16:26conflict
16:27that is,
16:27the Ukrainian conflict
16:29and views
16:30and reasons for him.
16:32I would like to say
16:33a few words about it.
16:34Yes,
16:35many hundreds
16:35have been thousands
16:36of experts.
16:37Your colleagues
16:38will be studying
16:39the materials
16:39of this session
16:40of the Valdei Club
16:41also have
16:42their own thoughts
16:44in this regard.
16:47And I'm sure
16:47that part of the
16:48expert community
16:49will have a question.
16:50Russia is talking
16:51about peace
16:52and Russia
16:53started a war.
16:56And I've responded
16:58to that notion
16:59many times.
17:02But I'd like to
17:04repeat myself
17:05once again.
17:05Where is the truth?
17:06The truth
17:07is that
17:07it's not us
17:09who wanted
17:09and it's not us
17:10who started the war
17:11but the war
17:12was started against us.
17:14They shouldn't have
17:15encouraged aggressive
17:16nationalism
17:17and Russophobia
17:17in Ukraine
17:18in order to turn it
17:19into a tool
17:19of fighting
17:20against Russia.
17:21They shouldn't,
17:22NATO should not
17:23have started
17:23military exploration
17:25of our historic
17:25territories
17:26in the interests
17:27of NATO.
17:27They should not
17:28have planned
17:29their bases there.
17:30They should not
17:31have pushed
17:31radicals in Kiev
17:32towards a coup d'etat.
17:34They should not
17:35have used
17:38this illegal regime
17:40created through
17:41this coup.
17:42They should not
17:42have pumped it
17:43through different
17:44offensive weapons.
17:45They should not
17:46have made plans
17:47of how to organize
17:48concentration camps
17:49for Donbass
17:50and Crimean citizens.
17:52They should not
17:52have used tanks,
17:53fired missiles,
17:55shot down
17:55from airplanes
17:56and burned alive
17:57unarmed people
17:58only for the fact
17:59that they're Russian
18:00in nationality
18:01and in spirit.
18:02There are many
18:04such they shouldn't
18:04have.
18:05But I will stop here.
18:07I'm sure that Russia
18:09has been deliberately
18:10put in a situation
18:11where it was simply
18:12forced to respond
18:14to this apparent
18:15aggression.
18:16It was forced
18:17to defend itself,
18:19taking up arms.
18:20They've put us
18:21to this red line
18:22deliberately
18:23and Russophobia,
18:26persecution
18:27and killing
18:28of Russians
18:28and destruction
18:29of Russia
18:29should not be turned
18:31into a state
18:31ideology.
18:32They should not
18:33put a goal
18:34of strategic defeat
18:35of Russia.
18:36That's the way
18:37we've heard it all.
18:38No one forgot it.
18:39At least,
18:40we didn't forget it.
18:44If we want
18:45to live,
18:46and everyone
18:46wants to live,
18:47but as I said,
18:50once,
18:50when I spoke publicly,
18:52let's live in peace
18:53and friendship,
18:54let's search together
18:57for making this
18:59a reality.
19:03Building trust
19:04is a process
19:05both complicated
19:07and fragile.
19:08Trust is very difficult
19:10to foster,
19:11very easily broken.
19:13The interests
19:13of the most
19:15close partners
19:16cannot coincide
19:17fully,
19:19much less so
19:21the countries
19:21that are in
19:22a state
19:23of rivalry,
19:25fierce competition,
19:26let alone confrontation,
19:27sooner or later,
19:28the international system
19:29will come
19:30to a state
19:31of stable balance.
19:33Certainly,
19:33this is a complex,
19:35multifaceted,
19:36multi-tier process
19:37which requires
19:39compromise,
19:40accommodating
19:41one another,
19:41and a clear-headed
19:42assessment
19:43of the situation,
19:44in particular,
19:45from the part
19:45of the West.
19:46The former
19:47hegemon
19:47will inevitably
19:48have to realize
19:49the realities
19:51of the multipolar world.
19:52This is inevitable.
19:54Look at the
19:54economic trends.
19:56It will have to learn
19:57to cooperate
19:58with the countries
19:59of the world
19:59majority
20:00on the basis
20:01of respect
20:01for their rude interests.
20:04This will not
20:04happen overnight.
20:06We will have to live
20:08in a very unstable,
20:10volatile world.
20:11The path
20:11towards the new system
20:13will be rife
20:13with unexpected
20:14turns and twists,
20:16and very often
20:17they will be
20:18unpleasant
20:19and dangerous,
20:20unfortunately.
20:20And in this
20:21particular case,
20:23I would like to turn
20:23to our Russian history.
20:25Russia has traveled
20:26the arduous path
20:28of radical transformation
20:29and this process
20:30is still ongoing.
20:31Thirty-five years ago,
20:33we survived
20:34the collapse
20:34of our state system
20:36which turned out
20:36to be a genuine tragedy
20:37for dozens of millions
20:39of people,
20:39both in our country
20:42and in other countries
20:43because in one night
20:46people woke up
20:48to a new country.
20:49It changed their future
20:51and their children's future
20:52both within Russia
20:54and in the neighboring countries
20:55which brought about
20:56fundamental transformations
20:57within the world affairs
20:59and in Russia.
21:00I would like to take note
21:02of a certain naivety,
21:04stereotype,
21:04idealism,
21:05and carelessness
21:05probably of the people
21:07who stood at the helm
21:08of the country
21:08during the last Soviet years.
21:11Whereas they blindly trusted
21:12the Western partners,
21:14they were confident
21:14that certain gentlemen's
21:16agreements would be suffice
21:17when you take your partner
21:19on their word
21:20which played a cruel joke
21:22with the Soviet Union.
21:24In hindsight,
21:25it becomes clear
21:27how devastating a role
21:29it has played
21:30in the history of the USSR
21:33and for the long-term
21:36world stability.
21:37The Soviet leaders
21:38wanted the West to like them
21:39whereas the Western leaders
21:41wanted to reshape the world
21:43to their liking
21:44and they wanted to cut
21:46the legacy of the Soviet share
21:49of the Soviet,
21:50the share of the Soviet legacy
21:52the bigger the better
21:53and we see how it turned out.
21:55The Soviet Union's collapse
21:56was due to a combination
21:59of internal imbalances.
22:00We have to be frank about that
22:02as well as the mistakes
22:03made by succeeding generations
22:05of the country's leadership,
22:07the short-sightedness,
22:08the narrow-minded
22:09and erroneous ideological stereotypes
22:12rather than pragmatism,
22:14unprofessionalism
22:15and also downplaying
22:16apparent problems.
22:17All of that gradually eroded
22:19and chipped away
22:20at the internal
22:21and external position
22:23of the USSR
22:23and brought about
22:25its collapse at the end.
22:26The ongoing conflicts
22:28and shocks
22:29that are engulfing the world
22:31to a large extent
22:32are the fruit
22:33of the reluctance,
22:34the unwillingness
22:35or inability
22:36of the politicians
22:37of the end
22:39of the 20th century,
22:41both in the West
22:41and in the East
22:43to have a serious
22:45and in-depth look
22:46at the monumental changes
22:48they were facing.
22:50This is not shifting the blame.
22:52This is a reality.
22:53But back then,
22:54both in the East
22:54and in the West,
22:55there were other politicians
22:56who had an in-depth understanding
22:59of the problems
22:59and I think
23:00they proposed
23:00the right ways
23:01to dealing
23:02with those problems
23:03and their assessments
23:05right now
23:05can be called prophetic.
23:07You know,
23:08a couple of times
23:09I spoke publicly
23:11about
23:14Egon Barr,
23:15a political leader
23:18who was a member
23:20of the leadership
23:20of the Social Democratic Party
23:23of Germany.
23:24Let me,
23:26you know,
23:28when I
23:31read
23:31about his contacts
23:32with the Soviet leadership
23:33both in Bonn
23:34and in Moscow,
23:35I was
23:36surprised,
23:38astonished
23:39by
23:40how well-versed
23:42he was,
23:43how well
23:43he understood
23:44the situation.
23:45Let me quote
23:45some of his statements
23:47that he made
23:48in June and February
23:491990.
23:51As you understand,
23:52this was the
23:53turning point
23:54for
23:55both Europe
23:56and the world.
23:58The most important thing
23:59that Mr. Barr
24:00was concerned about
24:02was the threat
24:03that the confrontation
24:04would persist
24:05in Europe
24:06even after Germany
24:07reunited
24:07and the positions
24:11would be reinforced
24:12of those
24:13circles,
24:14and I quote,
24:15of NATO
24:15that were far
24:16from willing
24:17to embark
24:19on the path
24:20of pan-European
24:21cooperation
24:22and have put
24:22an end
24:23to this confrontation.
24:24This is a quote,
24:25he saw that
24:26firsthand,
24:27so he understood
24:27that better.
24:28And the course
24:29of the talks
24:30in 1990,
24:32Egon Barr
24:33said,
24:34and I quote,
24:34unless decisive steps
24:37are made
24:37to overcome
24:38Europe's split
24:39into hostile blocs,
24:42the development
24:43would take
24:46a very unfavorable
24:48turn
24:48that would condemn
24:49the Soviet Union
24:51to international
24:51isolation.
24:54This is another quote
24:55of his.
24:57So,
24:58what was he proposing
24:59instead?
25:00Incidentally,
25:05his forecasts
25:06turned out
25:07to be true
25:08in the end.
25:09So,
25:10what was the proposal
25:11instead?
25:12There was a proposal
25:13that a Council
25:15of Europe
25:15should be established
25:16with the participation
25:17of both the U.S.
25:19and the Soviet Union
25:20and endowed
25:21with big powers.
25:23It was supposed
25:24to include
25:25almost all
25:26of Eastern
25:27and Central Europe.
25:28And yet,
25:29after the Soviet Union's
25:31collapse,
25:32the West
25:32saw the triumph
25:33on those forces
25:35that,
25:35according to Egon Barr,
25:37were far from willing
25:38to embark
25:40on the path
25:40of pan-European
25:41cooperation.
25:42and I would like
25:43to highlight
25:44that,
25:44despite the many
25:45years of Russia's
25:47attempting to become
25:48part of the so-called
25:49Western civilization,
25:51in practice,
25:52those circles
25:53were doing their best
25:54to isolate
25:56and finish
25:58the dismantling
26:00of the Russian
26:00Federation itself
26:02because they saw it,
26:03despite all of the
26:04changes that had
26:05transpired within Russia
26:07as a key part
26:09of historical
26:10Russian Empire.
26:11and they're still
26:12seeing that.
26:14Different events,
26:16different get-togethers,
26:17they say we have
26:18to finish
26:20the dismantling
26:22of Russia.
26:24This,
26:25all of this,
26:27has brought about
26:28the current
26:29dangerous situation
26:29Europe and the world
26:30are facing.
26:31I would like
26:32to draw your attention,
26:33ladies and gentlemen,
26:35that I believe
26:37Mr. Barr
26:37was thinking
26:39solely about
26:40the future of Europe.
26:41and he was also
26:42thinking about
26:43the common
26:44European home
26:45that the Soviet leaders
26:47had been speaking
26:48about so much.
26:49Unfortunately,
26:50they did not go
26:51beyond rhetoric.
26:52Russia probably knows
26:53better than anyone else
26:54how difficult it is
26:55to overcome
26:56the consequences
26:57of historic
26:59catastrophes
27:00and trying to
27:00discover
27:01the way forward
27:03in favorable
27:04circumstances.
27:05It had to
27:06use the trial
27:07and error
27:07and come up
27:09with off-the-cuff
27:10solutions.
27:11But we never
27:12lose sight
27:13of the fact
27:14that any nation
27:15needs a long-term vision.
27:17It needs to understand
27:19where it's moving
27:20in future
27:20because with no path
27:21there is no future.
27:22The legacy
27:23of our ancestors
27:24who built
27:25a great, unique country
27:26should be reinforced
27:27and enriched
27:28without historical foundation,
27:31without respect
27:31for traditions.
27:32no society
27:33can exist.
27:34But the obverse
27:34is equally true.
27:36Without the future,
27:37the past
27:38loses its sense.
27:40Whatever
27:40and however
27:42grandiose
27:42the achievements
27:43of our forefathers,
27:45we cannot allow ourselves
27:46to turn into a museum,
27:48a shrine
27:48of erstwhile
27:50greatness.
27:51The genuine
27:52greatness of a country
27:53is impossible
27:54without the ability
27:55to keep a breast
27:56of time,
27:56ideally,
27:57ahead of it.
27:58We have to
27:59enrich our legacy
28:00and develop it
28:01creatively
28:02to make it
28:03adapted
28:03to the new circumstances.
28:06This will be
28:06the best guarantee
28:07that our national tradition
28:08is not going to be
28:09an antique,
28:10a fashionable
28:11historical accessory.
28:13It should be
28:13rather a living,
28:15fruitful environment.
28:19This is
28:20what
28:22our guiding
28:23principle should be
28:24for our future
28:26achievements.
28:26As far as
28:27the future is concerned,
28:29a lot of it
28:30is truly
28:31veiled
28:32with uncertainty
28:33because there are
28:33too many factors
28:35that are
28:35volatile
28:38and uncertain,
28:39but we need
28:40a roadmap
28:40to this future.
28:41This is no utopia.
28:43These are no
28:44abstract concepts,
28:46nor is it
28:46wishful thinking
28:47that it's divorced
28:48from reality.
28:50This is rather
28:51a realistic
28:52assessment of risks,
28:54opportunities,
28:54and goals
28:56we need.
28:57Russia is building
28:58such a roadmap
28:59for itself,
29:00but it stands
29:01ready to work
29:02together with
29:02other countries
29:05and nations
29:06of the world
29:07on a similar roadmap
29:08for the world.
29:09And I would like
29:10to say
29:10that the scale
29:11and the pace
29:12of the changes
29:13the world
29:13is facing
29:14are unprecedented.
29:17And we have
29:18to understand
29:18that the point
29:19of no return
29:20can happen
29:21very fast
29:22and very
29:23unexpectedly.
29:24It will just
29:25turn out
29:26that the logic
29:26of escalating
29:27mutual tough
29:28responses
29:29will turn
29:29into a fatal
29:30inevitability.
29:32Right now
29:33there are
29:33descriptions
29:34and forecasts
29:35about the world
29:36conflicts
29:36and the world
29:37escalation
29:38is heard
29:39increasingly often.
29:40The unwillingness
29:41to turn
29:41to genuine
29:42diplomacy
29:43which is based
29:44on realities
29:44and on due respect
29:46for the interests
29:47of one another
29:47pushes everyone
29:49to escalate
29:50in the situation
29:51to breaking
29:52the stakes
29:53to bluffing
29:54to overcoming
29:55overstepping
29:56the red lines
29:56in the hopes
29:57of overwhelming
29:58and intimidating
29:59the opponents
30:00of breaking them.
30:01This escalation
30:02of hostilities
30:04and sanctions
30:04there's nothing new
30:05that it was resorted
30:07to in many conflicts
30:08but it is never
30:09unilateral
30:10because provocative
30:11steps from one side
30:12get a response
30:14from another
30:15and the spiral
30:16is winding
30:17up
30:18and the devastating
30:20consequences
30:21are becoming
30:21increasingly dire.
30:23This escalation
30:24is based
30:25on arrogance
30:26and self-conceit
30:29and this is
30:30what pushes us
30:30to the edge
30:31of the abyss.
30:32Right now
30:32leading countries
30:33of the world
30:34have their
30:34disposal armaments
30:36that can
30:36swipe away
30:38all life
30:40or at least
30:41push the earth
30:43to catastrophic
30:45consequences.
30:46Can we be certain
30:47that these weapons
30:48will never be used?
30:49unfortunately
30:50we cannot be sure
30:51because you know
30:52there's this famous
30:53statement
30:54if there's a gun
30:54hanging on the
30:56stage
30:57at the beginning
30:58of the
30:59on the wall
31:00on the stage
31:02at the beginning
31:03of
31:05show
31:06it'll
31:07certainly
31:09fire
31:10at the end.
31:11so the more
31:12intransigent
31:13of the
31:14counteraction
31:15the more openly
31:16the goal
31:17of strategic defeat
31:18is announced
31:19the greater
31:20the chances
31:20that the
31:22conflict
31:23will enter
31:24the fiercest stage
31:25because
31:25the fight
31:26for survival
31:27is not
31:27just happening
31:28in the wild
31:29but in social
31:30communities as well
31:31when
31:32people are faced
31:33with the prospect
31:34of losing
31:36their independence
31:37dignity
31:37and existence
31:38ladies and gentlemen
31:41let's hope
31:42that the new
31:43world order
31:44will be enshrined
31:44in the near future
31:45but so far
31:46things are happening
31:47very chaotically
31:48very spontaneously
31:49but we are
31:50only trying
31:51to grasp
31:52what the outline
31:53of the future
31:54will look like
31:54but this doesn't
31:55mean that we
31:55should sit idle
31:56waiting for
31:57whatever
31:58will happen
31:59we have
32:00to move
32:01towards creation
32:02and the stage
32:03will arrive
32:04sooner or later
32:04and we have to
32:05survive the
32:06current
32:06dangerous
32:07moment
32:08we have
32:08to prevent
32:09the most
32:10devastating
32:10threats
32:10from realizing
32:11I believe
32:12there are two
32:13aspects
32:13that are important
32:14to
32:17be highlighted
32:18I think
32:19they have to be
32:20a subject
32:21for our serious
32:22discussion
32:23at the political
32:24technical
32:24expert
32:25and even
32:25philosophical
32:26level
32:26the first
32:28aspect
32:29is AI
32:30right now
32:31the world
32:31is engulfed
32:32in a discussion
32:33whether
32:34measures have
32:35to be taken
32:36to deliberately
32:37slow down
32:37research and
32:38development
32:39in AI
32:40so as not
32:41to allow
32:42these technologies
32:42to slip away
32:43from human control
32:44this is a
32:45multifaceted
32:45issue
32:46which requires
32:47a comprehensive
32:48consideration
32:49humanity's history
32:50demonstrates
32:51that technical
32:51progress
32:52is impossible
32:52to stem
32:53but we have
32:53to understand
32:54what the
32:54consequences
32:55of progress
32:56are
32:56especially
32:56when
32:58these
32:59achievements
33:00are used
33:00in warfare
33:01there are
33:02cases
33:02when AI
33:04makes its own
33:05decisions
33:06based on
33:07what it
33:08considers
33:09expedient
33:10it applies
33:10to both
33:11civilian
33:12and military
33:12users
33:13and
33:13in the course
33:15of implementation
33:16of AI
33:17it'll assume
33:18a greater role
33:19the algorithms
33:21will assume
33:22greater responsibility
33:23especially
33:24because human
33:25because human
33:25cannot rival
33:27the machine's
33:28capacity
33:28to
33:30analyze
33:31the decision
33:31almost
33:32instantaneously
33:33but human
33:33beings
33:34have other
33:35qualities
33:35such as
33:35intuition
33:36and possibility
33:38of thinking
33:38out of the box
33:39and making
33:40the solution
33:41which turns out
33:41to be the right
33:42one
33:42even salutary
33:43let me
33:44remember
33:45a story
33:46from the
33:47Soviet days
33:48from the
33:49Soviet era
33:50September 1983
33:58Lieutenant Colonel
33:59Stanislav Petrov
34:02was the
34:02duty officer
34:03and he received
34:06an alert
34:07from the
34:07early warning
34:09system
34:10there's
34:11early warning
34:12systems
34:14exist both
34:15in the US
34:16and
34:17the USSR
34:18the alert
34:18was about
34:19the launch
34:19of five
34:20American
34:21intercontinental
34:21ballistic missiles
34:23any
34:23algorithms
34:24would have
34:24seen that
34:25as grounds
34:26for a
34:27reciprocal
34:27strike
34:28but this
34:28officer
34:29was
34:29experienced
34:30and he
34:31had doubts
34:31about the
34:32accuracy
34:33of the
34:33alert
34:34he suspected
34:34a malfunction
34:35of the
34:35system
34:35and he
34:36turned out
34:36to be
34:36right
34:38had an
34:40AI
34:40been in
34:40his stead
34:41it could
34:42have turned
34:42out to be
34:43quite
34:43differently
34:44I think
34:45this is a
34:46very compelling
34:46example
34:47how far
34:49AI can
34:49be used
34:50in security
34:51here
34:51is the
34:53issue
34:53that will
34:54determine
34:54humanity's
34:55survival
34:55AI
34:56increases
34:57the
34:57efficiency
34:58of
34:58warfare
34:59which
35:00in turn
35:00brings
35:01about
35:01greater
35:01destructiveness
35:02of the
35:03conflicts
35:03so what
35:04we need
35:04is an
35:05unbiased
35:05professional
35:06international
35:06discussion
35:07on modern
35:08warfare
35:08we have
35:09to think
35:10about
35:11preserving
35:12humanitarian
35:13frameworks
35:14how to
35:15limit
35:16the
35:16cruelest
35:17manifestations
35:18of
35:18hostilities
35:20that are
35:21caused by
35:22the growth
35:22of destructive
35:23capabilities
35:24I know
35:25that you
35:25have had
35:26a session
35:27at this
35:27forum
35:28which
35:30had a
35:31very apt
35:31subject
35:32and that
35:33is the
35:33ethics
35:33of the
35:33new
35:33war
35:34humanity
35:35and
35:37inhumaneness
35:38indeed
35:39this
35:39inhumaneness
35:40of modern
35:41conflicts
35:41can be
35:42seen
35:42in two
35:43ways
35:43on the
35:44one hand
35:44there's
35:45the
35:45growing
35:45cruelty
35:46neglect
35:47humanitarian
35:47norms
35:48there are
35:48new
35:49forms
35:49of
35:50confrontation
35:51when
35:51AI
35:51and
35:52autonomous
35:52systems
35:53play
35:53an
35:54increasingly
35:54important
35:55role
35:55in
35:55warfare
35:56they
35:56supplant
35:57people
35:57especially
35:58in the
35:59decision
35:59making
35:59process
36:00this is
36:01a
36:01very
36:01complex
36:02subject
36:03which
36:03requires
36:03our
36:04utmost
36:04attention
36:05because
36:05the
36:05automation
36:06and
36:07digitalization
36:08of
36:08warfare
36:09leads
36:09to
36:10its
36:11gamification
36:11when
36:12bloodshed
36:12and
36:13the
36:13loss
36:13of
36:14human
36:14lives
36:14turns out
36:15to be
36:15a
36:16computer
36:16game
36:16and
36:18this
36:18let's
36:19be
36:19frank
36:19about
36:20that
36:20leads
36:20to
36:20the
36:21degradation
36:21the
36:22sliding
36:23back
36:23of
36:23humanity
36:24into
36:24barbarity
36:26back
36:27at
36:27the
36:27end
36:28of
36:28the
36:2819th
36:28century
36:29in
36:291899
36:30Russia
36:31was
36:32the
36:32one
36:32that
36:32stood
36:33at
36:33the
36:33origins
36:33of
36:33the
36:33Hague
36:34Conferences
36:34that
36:35for the
36:35first
36:36time
36:36enshrined
36:37the
36:37rules
36:38of
36:38warfare
36:39as well
36:40as peaceful
36:41settlement
36:41of disputes
36:42and
36:43humanization
36:43of
36:44hostilities
36:46these
36:46these
36:47were
36:47lofty
36:48ideas
36:49but
36:49they
36:49failed
36:50to
36:50save
36:51humanity
36:51from
36:52the
36:52shocks
36:52of
36:53the
36:5320th
36:53century
36:54world
36:55wars
36:56seemed
36:56to
36:57have
36:57cancelled
36:58the
36:58achievements
36:58of
36:59humanitarian
36:59law
37:00but
37:00now
37:00is the
37:01time
37:01to
37:02once again
37:02raise
37:03the
37:03issue
37:03of
37:04the
37:04rules
37:05of
37:05warfare
37:06were
37:06harboring
37:07under
37:07no
37:07illusions
37:08there
37:08have
37:08always
37:09been
37:09wars
37:11throughout
37:12humanity's
37:14history
37:14and
37:14very
37:16probably
37:17they will
37:18keep
37:18happening
37:18unfortunately
37:19this is an
37:20inherent part
37:20of
37:21humanity's
37:22existence
37:22combat
37:23is the
37:24profession
37:24of those
37:24people
37:25who
37:25protect
37:26the
37:26interests
37:26of their
37:27countries
37:27but
37:28professionalism
37:29in
37:29warfare
37:29requires
37:31respect
37:32for
37:32humanitarian
37:33norms
37:33the
37:34Russian
37:34military
37:35have
37:35always
37:35been
37:36guided
37:36by
37:36the
37:37indefisibility
37:37of these
37:38norms
37:38and I
37:39have
37:39to
37:40highlight
37:41that
37:41they
37:41were
37:41never
37:42once
37:43to
37:44be
37:44the
37:44first
37:45to
37:45attack
37:45objects
37:46facilities
37:47that
37:47have
37:47no
37:48direct
37:48relation
37:48to
37:49the
37:49military
37:49infrastructure
37:50of
37:50the
37:50adversary
37:51but
37:52these
37:52rising
37:53international
37:53tensions
37:55and
37:56increasingly
37:57acute
37:57general
37:58confrontation
37:59has
37:59another
38:00negative
38:00long-term
38:01consequence
38:02and this
38:02is the
38:02second
38:02factor
38:03I'd like
38:03to draw
38:03your
38:04attention
38:04to
38:04the
38:05thing
38:05is
38:05in
38:06this
38:06atmosphere
38:06of
38:07conflict
38:07what
38:07gets
38:08sacrificed
38:08is
38:09the
38:09search
38:10for
38:10solutions
38:11to
38:12global
38:12problems
38:12that
38:13affect
38:13humanity
38:14as a
38:14whole
38:15they
38:16have
38:16been
38:17discussed
38:19in the
38:20recent years
38:21but they
38:21have been
38:22relegated
38:22to the
38:23background
38:24I refer
38:24to climate
38:25environment
38:26poverty
38:27and equality
38:28they're
38:29becoming
38:29increasingly
38:30acute
38:31but right
38:32now there
38:32are no
38:33grounds
38:33to hope
38:33that
38:34international
38:34community
38:35can band
38:35together
38:36together
38:37in the
38:37near
38:37future
38:37to
38:39tackle
38:39these
38:40tasks
38:41in the
38:41near
38:41future
38:41but
38:42if
38:42they
38:42cannot
38:43be
38:43addressed
38:43globally
38:44we have
38:44to deal
38:45with them
38:45at the
38:45regional
38:46level
38:46because
38:46that's
38:47closer
38:47that's
38:48more
38:48understandable
38:49for the
38:49people
38:49because
38:50all of us
38:51are
38:51responsible
38:51for the
38:52planet
38:52earth
38:53and
38:54especially
38:54we are
38:54responsible
38:55for our
38:55respective
38:56countries
38:56and what
38:57happens
38:57around
38:58our
38:59home
39:00is
39:02Eurasia
39:02which is
39:03a vast
39:03territory
39:04and
39:05this is
39:06the center
39:06of most
39:07important
39:08processes
39:08that are
39:09unfolding
39:09across the
39:10world
39:10how well
39:11we build
39:12this
39:12Eurasia
39:13will to
39:13a large
39:13extent
39:14determine
39:14the future
39:15of the
39:15world
39:16affairs
39:18amid
39:19the
39:19growing
39:20world
39:20instability
39:21the idea
39:21of greater
39:22Eurasian
39:22partnership
39:23proposed
39:23by
39:24Russia
39:24and
39:25the
39:25past
39:25takes
39:26on
39:26a new
39:26importance
39:27military
39:29and
39:29political
39:29confrontation
39:30undermines
39:31the
39:31connectivity
39:32of the
39:32world
39:33what
39:33comes
39:34under
39:34threat
39:34the
39:35supply
39:36chains
39:37transportation
39:37chains
39:38as well
39:38as the
39:39established
39:39trade routes
39:40and
39:40communications
39:41so our
39:42task
39:43and
39:43responsibility
39:43of
39:44Eurasian
39:44countries
39:44is to
39:45protect
39:46the
39:46space
39:46from
39:47global
39:47risks
39:48and
39:48their
39:48devastating
39:49consequences
39:50we have
39:51to
39:51use
39:51these
39:52technological
39:52opportunities
39:53to
39:53improve
39:54our
39:54cooperation
39:55within
39:55Eurasia
39:56improve
39:57the
39:57connectivity
39:58across
39:58these
39:58vast
39:59territories
39:59and
39:59I
40:00would
40:00also
40:00like
40:00to
40:00say
40:00that
40:01the
40:01cultural
40:01and
40:01civilizational
40:02entities
40:02that
40:03are
40:03located
40:04in
40:04Eurasia
40:05have
40:05the
40:05experience
40:06of
40:07cooperating
40:08even
40:08during
40:08the
40:09most
40:09difficult
40:09historical
40:10eras
40:11across
40:12many
40:13centuries
40:14Eurasia
40:16Eurasia
40:16can
40:16serve
40:16as
40:16a
40:16model
40:17for
40:17international
40:17cooperation
40:18in
40:19the
40:20environment
40:21of
40:22heterogeneity
40:23of
40:23cultures
40:24and
40:25approaches
40:25and
40:25interests
40:26when
40:27differences
40:27become
40:28an advantage
40:29rather than
40:30an obstacle
40:30and
40:31I
40:31would
40:32like
40:32to
40:32draw
40:33your
40:33attention
40:33to
40:33the
40:33initiative
40:34our
40:34Belarusian
40:35friends
40:35and
40:36we
40:36have
40:36come
40:36up
40:36with
40:36and
40:37that
40:37is
40:37the
40:38development
40:38of
40:39a
40:39Eurasian
40:39charter
40:40of
40:40multipolarity
40:41and
40:41diversity
40:42in
40:42the
40:4221st
40:43century
40:43last
40:44week
40:45foreign
40:46ministers
40:46of
40:46Russia
40:47Belarus
40:48Kazakhstan
40:49Kyrgyzstan
40:49and other
40:50partners
40:50of
40:50ours
40:51met
40:52in
40:52the
40:52sidelines
40:53of
40:53the
40:53UN
40:53General
40:53Assembly
40:54launching
40:55practical
40:56work
40:56on
40:57this
40:57fundamental
40:57document
40:58the
40:58value
40:59of
40:59Eurasia
40:59is
41:00that
41:00it
41:00is
41:00self
41:01sufficient
41:01it
41:01is
41:01capable
41:02of
41:02overcoming
41:03any
41:03problems
41:04the
41:04only
41:04thing
41:04what
41:05it
41:05needs
41:06is
41:06indivisible
41:07security
41:07lack
41:08of
41:08military
41:09threats
41:09and
41:10durable
41:10peace
41:10distinguished
41:11colleagues
41:12all
41:12of
41:13us
41:13the
41:13world
41:15community
41:15as a
41:15whole
41:16are
41:16responsible
41:16for
41:17the
41:18future
41:18of
41:19the
41:19world
41:20this
41:20is
41:20no
41:20exaggeration
41:21nor
41:21is
41:22it
41:22a
41:22metaphor
41:22it's
41:23an
41:23applied
41:24task
41:24and
41:25we
41:25have
41:26to
41:26address
41:26this
41:27task
41:27immediately
41:28I
41:29would
41:30like
41:30to
41:30believe
41:30that
41:31when
41:31our
41:32descendants
41:33read
41:34textbooks
41:35history
41:35textbooks
41:35they
41:36will
41:36see
41:36that
41:36the
41:37second
41:37quarter
41:38of
41:38the
41:3821st
41:39century
41:39became
41:39the
41:40turning
41:40point
41:40when
41:41humanity
41:42realized
41:42the
41:42scale
41:43of
41:43changes
41:44and
41:44challenges
41:45facing
41:45its
41:46existence
41:46and
41:47managed
41:47to
41:48set
41:48aside
41:49its
41:49scaffolds
41:50ambitions
41:50and
41:51self-centeredness
41:52and banded
41:53together
41:53to address
41:54general
41:55problems
41:55and
41:56and
41:57and
41:57and
41:58and
42:00started
42:01to
42:02address
42:02the
42:03issues
42:03of
42:03social
42:04inequality
42:04and
42:05environmental
42:05degradation
42:06not
42:07just
42:07in
42:08words
42:08but
42:09in
42:09truth
42:10understood
42:11there was
42:11no future
42:12to
42:12military
42:12confrontation
42:13dictat
42:14and
42:14understood
42:15the
42:15need
42:15to
42:16search
42:16for
42:18solutions
42:18to the
42:18problems
42:19we are
42:19facing
42:19and
42:20started
42:20to build
42:21a new
42:22stable
42:22world
42:23order
42:23and
42:24I'm
42:24confident
42:25that
42:25this
42:25is
42:25exactly
42:26what
42:26they
42:26will
42:27read
42:27in
42:27those
42:27history
42:28textbooks
42:28because
42:28unless
42:29this
42:29happens
42:29there is a
42:30risk
42:31that
42:31there will
42:31be
42:31no one
42:32to
42:32read
42:32those
42:32textbooks
42:33and
42:33these
42:34textbooks
42:34will
42:35never
42:35be
42:35written
42:35but
42:36let's
42:36hope
42:37for
42:37the
42:37better
42:38and
42:39most
42:39importantly
42:40let's
42:40do
42:40whatever
42:41we
42:41can
42:41to
42:41make
42:42sure
42:42this
42:42better
42:42future
42:43arrives
42:43and
42:44stays
42:44with
42:44us
42:45and
42:45I would
42:45like
42:46to
42:46thank
42:46you
42:51once
42:52again
42:52thank
42:52you