On March 22, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion, titled “Competing Technological Platforms in the 21st Century”. Andrey Bezrukov, Associate Professor, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University); Vitaly Kozyrev, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Endicott College of International Studies (USA); Andrey Terekhov, Professor, Head of the Department of System Programming, St. Petersburg State University, Director General, LANIT-TERCOM; Stanislav Tkachenko, Visiting Professor at the Research Centre for the Economies and Politics of Transitional Countries, Liaoning University, Professor at the University of Bologna (Italy) participated. The discussion was moderated by Andrey Sushentsov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.