Inventing the Future symposium. A panel discussion, The Global South. From left: Konstantin Kurylev, Head of the Department of Theory and History of International Relations at the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia; Mikhail Margelov, Head of the UNESCO Chair on Asian and African Studies: Modern Methods of Studying and Teaching of the Institute of Asian and African Studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council; Boyan Chukov, consultant for the East-West Publishing House, leading expert on Russia-EU Relations, Bulgaria.