"The School was created as a platform to train a new generation of leaders—individuals prepared to build bridges between nations and find balanced solutions amid global transformations. Your generation has a challenging but inspiring task ahead: to help make the world more sustainable, fair, and humane. The answers aren't always easy to find, and that's exactly why we need people who think differently—people who can listen, connect, and inspire others. Openness, creativity, mutual respect, and honest dialogue—these are the values we stand for here at the BRICS International School"
Victoria Panova
Head of the BRICS Expert Council-Russia and Vice Rector at HSE University
"BRICS is about the future because its principles are the principles of how humankind should evolve. They stand in direct opposition to the principles of confrontation and dominance that permeated global affairs for so long. The world is much larger than the West, and the very idea of BRICS essentially reorients our perspective, allowing us to see the world through the eyes of the majority"
Vyacheslav Nikonov
First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly
"The main element we need to understand in order to correctly assess the international situation is that there is a paradoxical combination of growing political, cultural, and social fragmentation, and a rejection of the universalist ideas from the previous period, from the period of globalisation. This leads us to expect that the world might fall apart as a single entity—that it will split into different elements, disconnected from one another. But that doesn't happen. Instead, the world's economic interconnectedness remains and is becoming even stronger than it used to be even in times of globalisation"
Fyodor Lukyanov
Chairman of the Presidium at the Council for Foreign and Defence Policy, Professor of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at HSE University, and Editor-in-Chief at Russia in Global Affairs
"The old world order is no more. The order that was established after the end of the Cold War and was characterised by what people call “unipolarity,” this is history. The new order is yet to be built. This is not something unusual for the international system. World orders have always existed, but—and here's a very important but—they always change, with one small exception, they always change"
Dmitry Trenin
Director of the Institute for Global Military Economics and Strategy and Research Professor of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at HSE University
"BRICS has become really attractive for several reasons. First, because of its concrete achievements. It started as a group of the four largest developing economies, and now its agenda covers almost everything—from finance to youth policy and sports. Second, BRICS is attractive because it embodies the kind of relations between countries—and the model of multipolarity—that an overwhelming majority of nations support"
Dmitry Suslov
Deputy Director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies at HSE University
"BRICS is more than just an interstate association—it is a network that brings nations and societies together. I have dedicated my career to bringing Russia and Brazil closer and strengthening ties between our nations. I hope the School participants will deepen their understanding of Russia-Brazil relations and contribute to their development"
Sérgio Rodrigues dos Santos
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federative Republic of Brazil
"Look around. The future leaders of the BRICS nations—researchers and diplomats—are gathered here. This is the group's greatest resource: people who are willing to listen, understand, and work together to make this world a better place. That is the purpose of our School—to turn ideas into real-life, meaningful collaboration"
Valeriia Gorbacheva
Deputy Head of the BRICS Expert Council-Russia