Experts

Ph.D. in Economics, School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

Political Analyst

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

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

MGIMO University

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

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

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels