Experts

Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Department of Asian and African Studies; Researcher, Center for Comprehensive Chinese Studies and Regional Projects at MGIMO University

PhD in Geography, senior researcher, Institute of Demography HSE

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf

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)

Ph.D. in Technical Sciences, Deputy Director of the Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director of the Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Development Research, Institute of Economics and Utility Regulation, Higher School of Economics

Doctor of History, Chief Researcher of the RAS Institute for European Studies

Research fellow at the French Institute for International Relations (Paris, France)

Program Coordinator, Website Content Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Deputy Head, Department of Political Theory, MGIMO University

Doctor of Economics, Advisor to the Rector of PetrSU

Head of Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo), RIAC Member

Lecturer, Department of Legal Regulation of Fuel and Energy at the International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, MGIMO University

Lecturer and Deputy Head of the Department of Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at Baku Slavic University, Employee at the Department of International Politics and Foreign Policy, Institute for Political Science, University of Cologne

PhD in Economics, MBA, Lead Research Fellow (Center for International Economic Relations Studies), Institute for Finance and Economic Research, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Researcher, Junior Research Fellow at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Senior Lecturer at Asian and African Studies from Moscow State University

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

PhD. in History, Research Fellow, Center for Middle East Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)

MGIMO-University

RAS Institute of Economics

General Director, International Institute for the Development of Scientific Cooperation (MIRNaS)

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

Research Fellow, Russian Institute of Strategic Studies (RISS)

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Head of Section of the Asia-Pacific Region Problems, IMEMO RAN

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, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

Senior Officer, International Arctic The Pew Charitable Trusts