Experts

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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

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

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

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

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

MGIMO University

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment