Experts

Doctor of History, Head of the Department of Oriental Studies of the MGIMO University

Doctor of History, Professor of the Higher School of Economics

PhD in Law, Political Scientist

Director of the Institute of Asia and Africa of MSU , RIAC Member

Doctor of Political Science, Chief research fellow, Center of International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO)

Political observer

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

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

Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, co-founder of the Vatfor project

Senior Officer, International Arctic The Pew Charitable Trusts

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

Director of the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Vice President of the Council on Strategic Interaction between China and Russia at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Andrei Kelin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, RIAC Member

North European and Baltic Studies Center at the MGIMO University

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

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Professor, Dept. of International Relations, Seoul National University

Political Scientist

Ph.D., Fellow of The Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies at Russian Academy of Sciences, Former editor-in-chief of Russia Direct, an analytical media outlet

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Doctor of History, Chief Researcher at RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, RIAC Member

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

Head of International Cooperation Department, Integration Development Department, EEC

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

Candidate of Political Sciences, European Integration Faculty, MGIMO-University

Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of International Law, MGIMO University, RIAC Member

PhD in History, Deputy Dean of the History Faculty, Moscow State University

Retired Councellor RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs