Experts

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

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

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

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

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

Ph.D. (History), Professor, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Independent Analyst

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

Political Analyst

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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