Experts

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

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

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

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