Experts

Commodore, Former Strategy Director in the British Embassy in Afghanistan, author of Strategy for Action: Using Force Wisely in the 21st Century

Lecturer at the Saint Petersburg State University

PhD in Political Science, Philology Faculty of Petersburg Institute of Judaic Studies

Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Witology, Chairman of Board of League of Independent Experts

Doctor of War Science, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of War Sciences

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

PhD in Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Applied Economic Studies, Presidential Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

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

Ph.D. in Economics, Leading Research Fellow, Center for Korean Studies, Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of History, RIAC member

Ph.D. in Technical Sciences, Deputy Director of the Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director of the Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Development Research, Institute of Economics and Utility Regulation, Higher School of Economics

Political Analyst

Doctor of History, professor, RAS Full Member, Head of the Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnology of the Peoples of the Far-East, Far-Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

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

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor at World Politics Department, MGIMO University

Visiting Fellow at the Applied Policy Research Institute, based in Yerevan

A violent end to the Libyan crisis also seems unlikely in the near term, as the forces in the country’s east will have trouble organizing an effective attack on Tripoli without the support of Russia, whose military has other things in sight

Academic Supervisor of Social Sciences Department at Higher School of Economics, Professor, RIAC Member.

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, MGIMO University

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, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of International Research, MGIMO University, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies,HSE University, RIAC Member

PhD in History, Visiting Researcher at Hosai University, Honorable Professor of Yamanashi University (Japan)