Experts

Ph.D. from Duisburg University, Senior Advisor of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Scientific director of the Lobachevsky Sate University of Nizhny Novgorod

D.Sc. (Philosophy), professor, Head of the Chair of Political Governance, Political Science Department, St. Petersburg State University

Senior Officer, International Arctic The Pew Charitable Trusts

PhD in Political Science, Political Theory Department of the MGIMO University

Employee at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Cairo, Central Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in the 2000s, currently works in the oil and gas industry

Director of the Research Institute for European and American Studies based in Athens, Greece

PhD in Political Science, Independent Analyst

Political observer

Dr. of Economics, Professor of International Economic Relations and Foreign Economic Relations MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Political Sciences, Research Fellow, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Head of the Joint Department with the RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies at the HSE University, RIAC member

PhD in Political Science, Professor at the Faculty of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

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 Sciences, Professor at the Department of Political Science and Political Management in the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Professor of Foreign Regions Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Expert on history of CEE countries

PhD, Head of Center for Russian-African Relations Studies at RAS Institute for African Studies

Researcher, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Ph.D. in History, Senior Research Associate, RAS Institute of Slavonic Studies

PhD in History, Research Fellow with the Crisis Society Study Centre

PhD in History, expert at the Institute of Strategic Estimates and Analysis, Assistant Professor at the Higher School of Economics

PhD in Political Science, Head of the Theory of Politics Section IMEMO RAN

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

Ph.D in History, Assistant professor of the Chair of International Relations and Diplomacy at the Moscow Humanitarian University

Analyst at CNA Corporation

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

PhD in Political Science, associate professor at the Department of World Politics, MGIMO University

Doctor of History, Head of the Afghanistan Sector of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, Professor

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor of the World Economy Department, Academic Head of the World Economy Undergraduate Program at HSE- University

Retired Vice-admiral