Experts

D.Sc. (Philosophy), professor, Head of the Chair of Political Governance, Political Science Department, St. Petersburg State University

PhD in Philosophy, Film critic

Senior Associate, Bedell Cristin, Singapore

PhD in History, Researcher at the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Deputy Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies (IFES) Russian Academy of Sciences

General Director, International Institute for the Development of Scientific Cooperation (MIRNaS)

President and CEO of Vegarus Group Africa Business Initiative, Eurasian Economic Cooperation organization, CEO of the International Coordination Council of Alumni (INCORVUZ) FISU Executive Committee Member

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Ph.D, heads the Eastern Europe and Eurasia Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin

К.и.н., заведующая Центром истории и культурной антропологии Института Африки РАН, эксперт РСМД

M.A. Candidate, International Economics and Energy, Resources & Environment, Johns Hopkins University

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

PhD in History, Leading Researcher, Department of Korea and Mongolia, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Assistant Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern History, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

Ph.D., Research Fellow:Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), HSE University

PhD in History, Working Group Coordinator at the Central Eurasia Research Center, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. (Political Science), Director of the ASEAN Centre, Associate Professor at the Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO-University

MGIMO University

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

President of the Jordan-based Political Studies of the Middle East Center, Founder of the US-based Geostrategic and Media Center

Professor of the Diplomacy Department of the MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Independent Expert

Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Population Studies Chair at Economy Department, Moscow State University

PhD in History, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Science