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

Independent Analyst

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

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

Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”

Institute of Oriental Studies

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

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

MGIMO University

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

Political Analyst

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

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