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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Political Analyst

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Independent Analyst

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

MGIMO University

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

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

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

Ph.D in Economics, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute for Europe, Head of the Country and Regional Researches Department, Head of the German Research Center

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

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

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