Experts

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

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

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

MGIMO University

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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)

Independent Analyst

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

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

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

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

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

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

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

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