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

MGIMO University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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