Experts

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president

Head of the Center for International Security of IMEMO, RAS Full Member, RIAC member

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of MFA, Russia

Independent Expert

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

PhD in Economics, Head of Department of Assessment and Coordination of International and Duel Master's Degree Programs, MGIMO-University, MFA of Russia

Ph.D. in Economic Sciences, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Economics and Finance, IDIP RFTA; Senior Research Fellow, Russian Center for APEC Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Political commentator, researcher and expert on Middle East affairs. President of the Moscow-based International Middle Eastern Studies Club (IMESClub)

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Professor, Doctor of Law; president of the Chair of International Law at the People’s Friendship University of Russia; member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Leading Research Fellow at the Korean Studies Center, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies

Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Russia

Research Fellow at the Center for Trade and Economic Integration at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, former Philippine Ambassador to the WTO in Geneva

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Shahid Beheshti University (Tehran)

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of Economic Research, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Russian Federation and Belarus

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department of Political Science at the Higher School of Economics National Research University Campus in St. Petersburg, Assistant at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

Director, HSE Institute for Educational Studies

Assistant researcher at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

Doctor of Philosophy, Head of the Center for British Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS)

Ph.D. in Political Science, Research Associate at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO); Senior Lecturer at MGIMO University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Holy See and RF Representative to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, RIAC member

Ph.D. in History, Senior Research Fellow at European Political Studies Department, IMEMO RAN

Secretary-General of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

General Director, International Institute for the Development of Scientific Cooperation (MIRNaS)

Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

Political observer

President of the Jordan-based Political Studies of the Middle East Center, Founder of the US-based Geostrategic and Media Center

Director of International and Geo-Political Studies at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat), affiliated associate professor of economics at George Mason University, USA

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert

Ph.D. in Political Science, Leading Research Fellow, Head of the Center for Italian Studies, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

Ambassador, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Mexican Sherpa to the G20