Experts

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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

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

Ph.D. in Economics, School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

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