Experts

Director of the MGIMO Centre for Sustainable Development, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, associate professor at the Department of World Politics, MGIMO University

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

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

PhD in History, expert at the Institute of Strategic Estimates and Analysis, Assistant Professor at the Higher School of Economics

Dr. of Economics, Head of the Foreign Economy Policy Sector, RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

PhD in international relations, contributor to the German Caucasus Watch

PhD in Economics, Head of Department of Assessment and Coordination of International and Duel Master's Degree Programs, MGIMO-University, MFA of Russia

PhD in Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Regional Economic Studies, Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Professor of Foreign Regions Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Expert on history of CEE countries

Research Fellow at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

Research Fellow, Group of Regional Political Problems of the East and South, Center for Development and Modernization Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Witology, Chairman of Board of League of Independent Experts

Ph.D., Kant Institute Deputy Director, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

PhD in Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Applied Economic Studies, Presidential Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Doctor in Political Science, PhD in History, Professor at School of world politics of MSU

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

Head of the Scientific and Organizational Department at the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences, Doctor of Engineering, Associate Professor

PhD in History, Senior Fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Dean of the Department of World Economics and World Politics of the National Research University-Higher School of Economics

Dr. of Social Sciences, Professor of the International Journalism Department at MGIMO University, Editor-in-Chief of Polis. Political Research, Russia’s leading journal on political science, senior researcher at IMEMO RAN

Doctor of Science (History), professor, Acting Director, Institute for US and Canada Studies, Russian Academy of Science, RIAC Member

Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

Retired Councellor RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Independent Analyst

Ph.D. of Economics, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

PhD in Politics, Head of the Centre for Analysis of Middle East Conflicts, the RAS Institute for US and Canadian Studies