Experts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MGIMO University

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

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

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

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

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