Experts

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

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

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

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

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

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

MGIMO University

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

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