Experts

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

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

MGIMO University

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

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

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

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

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