Experts

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

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

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

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

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

Political Analyst

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

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 History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member