Overview

• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the forum’s dominant topic is how states should function within a polycentric international system.
• The XXII Valdai session is underway in Sochi from 29 September to 2 October with about 140 participants from more than 40 countries.
• This year’s agenda carries the title “Polycentric world: instruction for use.”
• Experts from the United Kingdom, India, Germany, China, Malaysia, Pakistan and South Africa are scheduled to speak on the sidelines.
• Organizers say the goal is to identify practical ways to avoid risks and sustain the resilience of individual states and the wider international system.