Experts

PhD in Philosophy, Adviser to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, Asia and Middle East specialist, RIAC expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president

Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, co-founder of the Vatfor project, RIAC Expert

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

Assistant researcher at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Д.и.н., Doctor of History, Professor, Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO University

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor at IR Department, Far Eastern Federal University, Adjunct Professor at the North-East Asia Research Center, Jilin University, China

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Chairman of the National Security Council of Georgia

Candidate of History, Assistant Professor, Oriental Political Studies Dept. Institute for African and Asian Studies Moscow State University

PhD in Law, Associate Transparency International-R lawyer, Assistant Professor of the Moscow State Law Academy

Research Fellow of the Euro-Atlantic Security Center at MGIMO University, RIAC Expert

Foreign Policy Analyst, Assistant researcher, Forum on Geopolitics, University of Cambridge

Independent expert, specializes in EU, US and WTO affairs

PhD in Political Science, Political Theory Department of the MGIMO University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Member of the Council of the Federation, RIAC Member

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

D.Sc. in Law, Professor, Department of European Law, MGIMO University; Professor, Institute of Management and Territorial Development, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Rector of the Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department of Political Science at the Higher School of Economics National Research University Campus in St. Petersburg, Assistant at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University, RIAC Expert

Doctor of History, Head of the Afghanistan Sector of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, Professor

Academic Director of Siberian Federal University, RAS Full Member

PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Senior Research Associate, Institute of Demography at the Higher School of Economics

Senior research fellow at MGIMO Institute for International Studies, Center for Euroasian Studies, RIAC Expert

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