Experts

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

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. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

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

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

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

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

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Independent Analyst

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Political Analyst

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

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