Experts

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

MGIMO University, Professor; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club

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

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), Head of the Country Studies Department, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of European Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

Independent Analyst

Institute of Oriental Studies

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

Doctor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC