Experts

Doctor of Political Science, Leading researcher, RAS Institute of Philosophy

Ph.D. (Political Science), Director of the ASEAN Centre, Associate Professor at the Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO-University

Aide to the President of the Russian Federation

Independent journalist and researcher

PhD in History, Head of Israel Department at RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the Higher School of Economics; research fellow at the RAS Institute of Latin American Studies; research fellow at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

PhD in history, Department of Modern History and Socio-Political issues of Central and South Eastern European Countries, RAS Institute of Slavonic Studies

Deputy Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics

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

Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative

Doctor of History, Assistant Professor at St. Petersburg State University

Director of the MGIMO Centre for Sustainable Development, RIAC Member

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

Deputy Director, Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences, of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the Association for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Ph.D. in diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

PhD in History, senior research fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, RAS; associate professor, Department of Regional Issues in Global Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of Economic Research, RAS Institute for Oriental 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

Doctor of Political Science, Head of the Regional Research Department of Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Philology; Associate Professor; Department of the Theory of Law and Comparative Legal Science HSE

Ph.D., Professor of World Politics Department, Moscow State University

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

Senior Research Fellow, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Political Science, Senior Lecturer, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University