Experts

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

President of the Center for Systems Analysis and Forecasting, Ukraine

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

Ph.D., Research Fellow:Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), HSE University

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

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, Associate Professor of the Department of International Business at the Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in History, Head of Section for New Challenges in South and Southeast Asia at the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS)

Former senior Australian diplomat

Independent Analyst

Research Director at the European Leadership Network

Editor of Russian Information Agency “Novosti” (RIANOVOSTI)

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

PhD in Political Science, Senior Teacher at the Department of European Studies, Saint Petersburg State University

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

President, Society of Caucasian Studies Experts

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head, Center for Social and Political Research, Institute for the Development of Integration Processes, Russian Foreign Trade Academy, Associate Professor, Financial University

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Deputy Director of the Institute of Demography, HSE

Postgraduate at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

PhD University of Cambridge, Researcher, Centre for Energy, Climate and Environmental Law, University of Eastern Finland; consultant at the International Institute for Sustainable Development

PhD in History, Economic Theory Department of the MGIMO University

MGIMO-University

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

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Research Associate at the Institute for International Studies (IIS) of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

PhD in History, Deputy Dean of the MGIMO University

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

PhD in Political Science and Law, Associate Professor, Presidential Academy of National Economy (RANEPA)

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

PhD in Political Science, head of the post-Soviet countries’ economic development section at the Institute of Economics, RAS

PhD in Political Science, Assistant Professor of Applied Political Science Department at Financial University of the Russian Federation Government