16 September 2011
The first day of the 8th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy has come to an end
16 September 2011

The first day of the 8th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy has come to an end

The first day of the 8th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy has come to an end. Later at night today the Annual Meeting participants will have a chance to hear the world’s preeminent economist...
Young people will change the Arab world – Tarek Osman
16 September 2011

Young people will change the Arab world – Tarek Osman

For the latest one hundred years, the Arab countries have experienced the range of crushing defeats in nation-building domain. Tarek Osman, a writer and analyst, author of “Egypt on the Brink”, expressed this idea during the discussion about the Arab revolutions at the 8th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy.

Leonid Kuchma: In the time of the Orange Revolution, Ukrainians proved they were Europeans
16 September 2011

Leonid Kuchma: In the time of the Orange Revolution, Ukrainians proved they were Europeans

During the Orange Revolution Ukrainians proved their belonging to the European civilization. This idea voiced out Leonid Kuchma, President of Ukraine (1994-2005), in the debates on the issue of the Northern Africa revolutions at the 8th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy.

Russia must “come back to Europe” – Yurgens
16 September 2011

Russia must “come back to Europe” – Yurgens

Russia in the globalized world should play the role of a bridge between the West and East Asian civilizations.

The world must revise its approach to global governance – Talbott
16 September 2011

The world must revise its approach to global governance – Talbott

Process management at the global level is more and more demanded in the modern conditions. However, conventional associations and institutions do not answer the present-day needs any longer. This idea was voiced out in the debates “World Architecture – Continuous? – Reshaping” at the 8th Yalta Annual Meeting of YES by Strobe Talbott, President of the Brookings Institution (USA).

The time has come to elaborate new principles of economic integration – Kelimbetov
16 September 2011

The time has come to elaborate new principles of economic integration – Kelimbetov

All integration associations in the world these days are subject to a severe trial and joining any association, a country is to assess thoroughly and soberly whether it is ready to integrate.

Actions to find the way out of the crisis should take those countries, which led to the crisis – S. Prabhu
16 September 2011

Actions to find the way out of the crisis should take those countries, which led to the crisis – S. Prabhu

The global crisis concerns everybody, but only those countries where the crisis started should take decisions on the way out of it, Suresh P. Prabhu, an ex-Minister of Industry, Energy and Environment of India, declared in the course of discussing the problems of the global economy at the 8th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy.

Increased demand without solution to the debt problem can not provide an effective way out of the crisis – Fitschen
16 September 2011

Increased demand without solution to the debt problem can not provide an effective way out of the crisis – Fitschen

Centralization of fiscal policy within the European Union is an essential precondition to overcome the crisis within the Euro zone.

The only way to overcome the global economic crisis is to increase the demand – Summers
16 September 2011

The only way to overcome the global economic crisis is to increase the demand – Summers

The present-day problems in the US and European economies are not linked to the nature of society as it is, they are due to the faults in the financial system.

The world’s economy is completely globalized – Peres
16 September 2011

The world’s economy is completely globalized – Peres

“No national economies, in fact, exist in the modern world, there is only the global economy and national “poverties”, Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel, stated in his special speech at the 8th Yalta Annual Meeting of YES.

Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey Sachs
Professor, Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University, 16th YES Annual Meeting, 2019
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