Experts

Doctor of Political Science, Senior Researcher at the Analytical Centre of Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University

PhD in History, senior research fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, RAS; associate professor, Department of Regional Issues in Global Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Scientific director of the Lobachevsky Sate University of Nizhny Novgorod

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

President of World Russian Press Foundation (WARP Foundation), professor, RIAC member

Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, RIAC Member, RIAC Vice-President

Ph.D. in History

PhD in Philosophy, Adviser to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, Asia and Middle East specialist

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University

PhD in Political Science

Chief Economist; Advisor to the Minister for Economic Development of the Russian Federation MTS Bank

Doctor of Sociology, Professor of the Sociology Faculty of St. Petersburg State University

Researcher at Ankara based think-tank International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)

Researcher, Junior Research Fellow at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Senior Lecturer at Asian and African Studies from Moscow State University

University of Birmingham

Former senior Australian diplomat

К.и.н., заведующая Центром истории и культурной антропологии Института Африки РАН, эксперт РСМД

Senior Research Associate at the Strategic Vision Institute (Pakistan)

PhD in History, Research Fellow with the Crisis Society Study Centre

PhD in Political Science, Independent expert

Faculty of International Relations of St. Petersburg State University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Member of the Council of the Federation, RIAC Member

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

Research fellow at TU Dortmund University, specialist in autonomous decision-making systems

Director of the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Vice President of the Council on Strategic Interaction between China and Russia at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Ph.D. in diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program