Experts

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

Political Analyst

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

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

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