Experts

Head of the Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of MGIMO-University, RIAC Member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Federal Republic of Germany, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in Philology, Rector of Moscow State Linguistic University, RIAC Member

Doctor of History, Professor at MGIMO-University

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

Lead researcher and head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Unit at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Moscow

PhD in Philology; Associate Professor; Department of the Theory of Law and Comparative Legal Science HSE

Research Fellow at the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations under the Russian Academy of Sciences

Head of the Research Division, Institute of Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Secretary General of the All-China Association for the Study of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia; Deputy Director of the “One Belt and One Road” Research Centre at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Independent Expert

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

Doctor of History, Professor, Comparative Political Studies Department of the MGIMO University

Secretary-General of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

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

Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative

PhD, Project Coordinator of “Greece, Cyprus, Egypt & Israel: Opportunities and Restrictions of a Mediterranean Coalition” Project at the International Relations Institute of Athens

Research fellow at TU Dortmund University, specialist in autonomous decision-making systems

Ph.D. in Political Science, Director of the Civil Diplomacy Fund, Ukraine

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

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Leading Research Fellow at the Korean Studies Center, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Global Politics Department of St. Petersburg State University

PhD in Political Science, Head of the Center for Regional Studies at RAS Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies

Ph.D. (Engineering), President Eurasia Heritage Foundation

Candidate of History, Assistant Professor, Oriental Political Studies Dept. Institute for African and Asian Studies Moscow State University

Vice Admiral, United States Coast Guard (retired)

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

Research Fellow at the European Leadership Network