Experts

Director of International and Geo-Political Studies at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat), affiliated associate professor of economics at George Mason University, USA

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

PhD in Economics, Head of the Production Support Department at Gazpromneft-Sakhalin

PhD, Foundation Fellow in the Australian Studies Institute at Australian National University

PhD in Political Science, Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations of the Eastern University – School of Regional and International Studies of the Far Eastern Federal University

Commodore, Former Strategy Director in the British Embassy in Afghanistan, author of Strategy for Action: Using Force Wisely in the 21st Century

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for African Studies

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

International lawyer, Ph.D. in History, Ph.D. in Law

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor at MGIMO-University Integration Processes Department

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, MGIMO University

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

PhD in History, Arab and Islamic Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Political Science, Senior Teacher at the Department of European Studies, Saint Petersburg State University

Senior Research Fellow, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator

Institute of Oriental Studies

PhD in History, Chief of Research and Publishing Dept, RAS Oriental Studies Institute

PhD, Associate Professor, Deputy Director, International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, MGIMO-University

President of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, RIAC member.

Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental 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

Head of the Center for International Security of IMEMO, RAS Full Member, RIAC member

Visiting Professor at Waseda University

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Ambassador, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Mexican Sherpa to the G20

Chairman of the Federation Council Commission on Information Policy and Media Relations, RIAC Member

MA in International Studies and Diplomacy, Political Risk Analyst

PhD, Post-doctoral Research Fellow WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Research Fellow Cambridge Central Asia Forum