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 experts at the special session, which took place on October 19, 2021 and was open to the general public, discussed the Valdai Report – 2021, which continues a series of annual assessments of the state of the world order. Marek Dabrowski, Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE); Fellow, Bruegel (Belgium); Fellow, Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) (Poland); Thomas Gomart, Director, French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) (France); Nelson Wong, Vice Chairman, Shanghai Centre for RimPac Strategic and International Studies (China); Hasan Yalcin, Professor of Politics, Istanbul Commerce University (Turkey); Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary Emeritus, The Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) (Austria), participated in the discussion. The special session was moderated by Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Professor, MGIMO University; Professor, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).