Experts

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

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

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

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

President of the International Foreign Policy Association, Chairman of the Global Council of Foreign Ministers of Foreign Affairs, President of the Alumni Association of MGIMO-University; Viktor Blazheev — Rector of the Kutafin Moscow State Law Academy, RIAC Member

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

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

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 History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

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

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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