Experts

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

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

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

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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