Experts

Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

PhD in Economics, Leading Research Associate at the RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Director, Center for Spatial Analysis in International Relations, MGIMO University

Doctor of Political Science, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America

PhD in international relations, contributor to the German Caucasus Watch

Director of Research and Information Centre, Intergovernmental Water Management Coordination Commission for Central Asia, Member of the World Water Council

Ph.D. in History, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Faculty of Humanities, Novosibirsk State Technical University; Associate Professor, Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tyumen

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

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

Senior Lecturer, Department of International Economic Relations and External Economic Links, MGIMO University

Ph.D. in History, Research affiliate at the Ukrainian Research Institute (Harvard University) and the Center for International and European Studies, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Deputy Director, Analytical Center Observo, French-Russian Chamber of Commerce

Director, Institute for the Development of Integration Processes at the Russian Foreign Trade Academy of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation; Senior Research Fellow, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

New Delhi based Journalist & Eurasia Analyst

Doctor of History, professor, RAS Full Member, Head of the Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnology of the Peoples of the Far-East, Far-Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor at the Higher School of Economics

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

PhD in History, Arab and Islamic Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Professor of government and politics at George Mason University

Professor, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Kadir Has University

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

Vice President of the Schiller Institute USA, National Spokesman for Lyndon LaRouche

Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Population Studies Chair at Economy Department, Moscow State University

Academic Director of Siberian Federal University, RAS Full Member

Independent Expert

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member