Experts

PhD in Economics, Head of the innovative direction at the Interdepartmental Analytical Center

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Professor at Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, and leading expert at the National Energy Security Fund

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

Leading research worker with the Center for Global Problems at the Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University, professor of linguistic semantics at Moscow State Linguistic University

PhD in Law, Political Scientist

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

IE Business School in Madrid Graduate, MGIMO-University Graduate

Ph.D., RIAC Acting Director of Programs

PhD Candidate, University of Otago, New Zealand

Former Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in Political Science, Research Fellow at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director of the Emerging Technologies and Global Security Project at PIR-Center

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

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

Ph.D. in History, Head of India Studies at the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Lecturer at the Department of Comparative Politics, PhD student at MGIMO University

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)

Assistant Professor of International Relations and Strategic Studies, at the Department of International Relations, Goa University

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf

International Information Security and Global Internet Governance Program Coordinator, PIR Center

PhD, Head of Computational Genomics, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Russia’s Representative in ELIXIR Consortium

Independent researcher, lecturer at Dostoevsky Omsk State University

A violent end to the Libyan crisis also seems unlikely in the near term, as the forces in the country’s east will have trouble organizing an effective attack on Tripoli without the support of Russia, whose military has other things in sight

Doctor of Political Science, professor at Saint Petersburg state university

Researcher at Ankara based think-tank International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)

President of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, RIAC member.

Transitional – Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Ph.D. in Political Science, Professor, Dept. of International Relations, Seoul National University