The 12th International Forum "Primakov Readings" began on Tuesday at the Radisson Blu Leninsky Prospect Hotel in Moscow coinciding with the 70th anniversary of IMEMO. The theme of the forum is “A World Without Rules: A Power Game?”The event is being attended by more than 400 leading international experts in the field of security, world politics and economy from 17 countries, including China, India, Iran, Turkey, Bulgaria, Qatar, the USA, the UK, Switzerland, South Korea, Brazil, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Russia.The program of the Forum is centered around the discussions on the consequences of regional conflicts, the situation in the Middle East, global order scenarios, and barriers to global trade and investment, international competition in the sphere of artificial intelligence.The participants will discuss the issues of Eurasian security in light of Russia’s CSTO chairmanship, the consequences of the New START Treaty termination, the risks of a further weakening of arms control, the impact of emerging military technologies on strategic stability, and the prospects for preventing conflict escalation in the context of an accelerating arms race.During the two-day event, five working sessions are planned, as well as the traditional speech by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov scheduled on June 24. "Everyone sees how a group of countries that have imagined themselves to be the arbiters of the fate of all mankind, with passion and perseverance worthy of better cause, is literally trying to dawn the system of written and unwritten international norms and rules built over the past decade. What is the current phase of this process, what the actions of the West lead to, and what the constructive agenda of the global majority can be – all these questions will be deal with by the participants of the Forum," said Maria Zakharova, Director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, at a briefing on June 18.The participants of the Forum will be addressed by the Aide to the President of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the "Primakov Readings" Organizing Committee Yuri Ushakov, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Konstantin Kosachev, and the President of Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO) Alexander Dynkin.“The history of the last 200-plus years shows that every new world order is shaped by the winners of another major war. This was the case after the Napoleonic Wars, the First World War, and the Second World War. It was also the case after the Cold War, when a unipolar world emerged. The dramatic and structural break with the past is the presence of nuclear weapons. Therefore, the existential challenge today is to shape the contours of the future world order without passing the point of no return,” noted Alexander Dynkin, Deputy Chairman of the Forum's Organizing Committee and President of IMEMO.The Primakov Readings — an International Scientific and Expert Forum — is an annual gathering of leading experts in the field of international relations and world economy. First held in 2015, it was named after the renowned scholar and statesman Evgeny Maksimovich Primakov.Since its establishment, the Forum has gained recognition as a respected international platform where experts discuss the scenarios of international relations development, challenges in international security, and new models of interaction among global political actors.At the Forum, leading scientists, politicians and diplomats from around the world engage in an open dialogue about global and regional challenges and threats. Since its founding, the event has attracted many prominent scientists and experts from major international research centers and think tanks, political and public figures.