Experts

Ph.D. in Philology, Rector of Moscow State Linguistic University, RIAC Member

President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)

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 lawyer, Ph.D. in History, Ph.D. in Law

Ph.D. in Political Sciences, Research Fellow, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology of Political Processes, Faculty of Sociology, MSU

PhD in History, Expert on Latin America expert

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

Ph.D. in Political Science, expert at the Centre for Crisis Society Studies (Centero)

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

Deputy Director, Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences, of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the Association for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation

RAS Full Member, RIAC member

Doctor of law, Professor, Assistant Rector for Research, Chairman of the Council for the coordination of international and innovation activities of the Kutafin Moscow state law University, RIAC Member

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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

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

A.B. Political Science, University of Chicago, MA candidate at the University of Western Australia

President of the Jordan-based Political Studies of the Middle East Center, Founder of the US-based Geostrategic and Media Center

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Head of Section of the Asia-Pacific Region Problems, IMEMO RAN

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Global Politics Department of St. Petersburg State University

Chairman, Supervisory Board, Centre for Strategic and Foreign Policy Studies (Belarus)

Ambassador (rtd), President, Munich Security Conference Foundation; and former State Secretary, German Federal Foreign Office, Germany

Secretary-General of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

New Delhi based Journalist & Eurasia Analyst

Researcher, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

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

Chairman of the Executive Committee — Executive Chairman of the CIS

PhD in Political Science, Independent Analyst

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

PhD in Political Science, associate professor at the Department of World Politics, MGIMO University

Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies