Experts

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Independent Analyst

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

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

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

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

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

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

Ph.D. (History), Professor, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Political Analyst

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