Experts

Research Fellow, Russian Institute of Strategic Studies (RISS)

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Chairman of the National Security Council of Georgia

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Russian International Affairs Council Expert, Member of Space Generation Advisory Council

Master of International Affairs (Texas A&M University, 2015)

Doctor of Sociology, Professor of the Sociology Faculty of St. Petersburg State University

Researcher, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Member of the PIR Center Community, independent analyst

Senior research fellow at MGIMO Institute for International Studies, Center for Euroasian Studies

Doctor of Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Program Coordinator and Website Editor at the Russian International Affairs Council

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in History, Senior Research Associate, RAS Institute of Slavonic Studies

Freelance reporter based in Kolkata

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

Doctor of pedagogical Sciences, professor, member of the Russian Academy of Education, RIAC member

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

Senior Researcher at the ‘Russia, China, World’ Centre of the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKSA RAS), Head of the Commission for the Creation and Activities of Regional Branches, Member of the Central Board of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society (ORKD)

Independent researcher, lecturer at Dostoevsky Omsk State University

Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Witology, Chairman of Board of League of Independent Experts

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

Ambassador (rtd), President, Munich Security Conference Foundation; and former State Secretary, German Federal Foreign Office, Germany

Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of International Law, MGIMO University, RIAC Member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation