Experts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Independent Analyst

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

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 Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform