Experts

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

MGIMO University

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

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

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

Doctor of Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

Institute of Oriental Studies

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Ph.D. (History), Professor, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

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

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

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

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

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

International Security expert, MA in International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris/MGIMO

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

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC