Experts

Deputy Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

PhD in Philosophy, Film critic

PhD in Economics, Head of Department of Assessment and Coordination of International and Duel Master's Degree Programs, MGIMO-University, MFA of Russia

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

Senior research fellow, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

President of the Russian-American Council of Business Cooperation

Independent journalist

Ph.D. (Military Sciences), Col. Gen. (Ret.), Research Professor, Advanced National Security Studies Center, Expert Institute, Higher School of Economics National Research University, Moscow

Commodore, Former Strategy Director in the British Embassy in Afghanistan, author of Strategy for Action: Using Force Wisely in the 21st Century

Professor of World Economy and International Affairs Department at Higher School of Economics, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)

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

Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Bilkent University (Turkey)

PhD in History, Head of Israel Department at RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Ambassador, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1996-1998)

Ph.D. (Hist.), Senior Research Fellow, Research Fellow of the Center for Development and Security Studies, Faculty of World Politics, Moscow State University

Special Representative of Russian President on International Cultural Cooperation. Ambassador-at-Large. RIAC member.

Ph.D. in Political Science, President World Security Network, Berlin

PhD in Political Science, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, RIAC member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Ph.D in Political Science, Foreign Affairs Analyst

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

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

Independent Expert

Chairman of the Federation Council Commission on Information Policy and Media Relations, RIAC Member

Researcher at the Center for Central Asian Studies of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lecturer in the School of International Affairs at the Higher School of Economics

Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor at the Department of Jewish Studies, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Researcher at the Department for the Study of Israel and Jewish Communities of the RAS

PhD Student, East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert