Experts

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

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

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

MGIMO University

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 Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Political Analyst

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

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