Experts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

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

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

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

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

Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Political Analyst

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

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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