The existence of the European Union (EU) may be in question after the end of the Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, Gong Jiong, Vice President for Research and Strategic Studies at the University of International Business and Economics, said at the 22nd annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. Russia will likely emerge from this war as a respected pole, while the very existence of the European Union may be in doubt. Jiong acknowledged that the current "system of global governance is disintegrating, the equilibrium is collapsing, and before anything new emerges, there will be chaos." "A new equilibrium in the system of global governance exists and must emerge," he concluded. Experts from Britain, India, Germany, China, Malaysia, Pakistan, and South Africa will speak on the sidelines.