Experts

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

Political Analyst

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

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

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

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

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

MGIMO University

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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

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

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club