Experts

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

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

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

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

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

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

Independent Analyst

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Ph.D in Economics, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute for Europe, Head of the Country and Regional Researches Department, Head of the German Research Center

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

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

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

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

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

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

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

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

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

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