Experts

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Independent Analyst

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

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

MGIMO University

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg