Experts

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

MGIMO University

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

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

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Ph.D. (History), Professor, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

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

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy