On October 18–21, 2021, Sochi hosts the 18th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, titled “Global Shake-Up in the 21st Century: The Individual, Values, and the State”. The topic of the fifth session, which took place on October 19, 2021, was “What to Fight for? Intellect as the Prime Object of Competition in the 21st Century”. Meir Brand, Vice President, Google Inc (USA); Kong Dan, President, CITIC Foundation for Reform and Development Studies (China); Anastasia Likhacheva, Deputy Dean for Research, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; Director, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE); Shailesh Nayak, Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies (India); Ruslan Yunusov, Head of Rosatom’s Project Office for Quantum Technologies and National Quantum Laboratory, participated. The session was moderated by Augusto Lopez-Claros, Executive Director, Global Governance Forum (Switzerland).