Experts

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

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO 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 Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

Political Analyst

President of the International Foreign Policy Association, Chairman of the Global Council of Foreign Ministers of Foreign Affairs, President of the Alumni Association of MGIMO-University; Viktor Blazheev — Rector of the Kutafin Moscow State Law Academy, RIAC Member

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

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Chair of the Board of Trustees and Directors of the European Leadership Network; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

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

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

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

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