Experts

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Political Analyst

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

International Security expert, MA in International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris/MGIMO

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

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

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

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

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

Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”

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

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

MGIMO University