Experts

Doctor of History, Head of the Department of Oriental Studies of the MGIMO University

Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

PhD, Project Coordinator of “Greece, Cyprus, Egypt & Israel: Opportunities and Restrictions of a Mediterranean Coalition” Project at the International Relations Institute of Athens

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

RF state counselor, 1st class, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, Head of the Center for Regional Studies at RAS Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies

Academician, Doctor of Economic Sciences, First Deputy Director, IMEMO RAN

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

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

Independent Analyst

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of IMEМО RAS, Professor of MGIMO University, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Head of the Research Division, Institute of Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Secretary General of the All-China Association for the Study of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia; Deputy Director of the “One Belt and One Road” Research Centre at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Witology, Chairman of Board of League of Independent Experts

Political commentator, researcher and expert on Middle East affairs. President of the Moscow-based International Middle Eastern Studies Club (IMESClub)

Ph.D. in Political Science, Founder, The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Associate Professor at University of Tehran; Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Ph.D., assistant professor of Russian history, Urals Federal University

Д.и.н., Doctor of History, Professor, Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO University

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Head of international contacts and press relations service of the Gorbachev Foundation. Foreign affairs expert and journalist

PhD in international relations, contributor to the German Caucasus Watch

Doctor of Political Science, Senior Researcher at the Analytical Centre of Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University

Doctor of Sociology, Professor of the Sociology Faculty of St. Petersburg State University

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Rector of the Far Eastern Federal University (2012–2016), RIAC member.

International College of Economics and Finance, Higher School of Economics

Doctor of Economy, Professor of MGIMO, Chief Scientific Fellow of the Far East Institute of RAS

Political Scientist

Director, HSE Institute for Educational Studies

Assistant Professor at the Odintsovo branch, MGIMO University