Experts

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

Master’s Student, MGIMO University, RIAC Intern

PhD in History, Sector Head at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

PhD in Political Science, RIAC Expert and Program Manager

Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social, Political and Economic Problems in the 20th Century, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC expert

PhD in Political Science, Andrew Derbenev is a Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and an Associate Professor in Moscow State Pedagogical University

Rector of the National Research University-Higher School of Economics

MGIMO-University

President, Synergia Foundation

Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today TV channel, editor-in-chief of international news agency "Rossiya Segodnya"

Deputy Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics

RIAC Expert, Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

RIAC Expert

Ph.D. in History, Academic Director of the Russian International Affairs Council, RIAC Member

First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Head of the Joint Department with the RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies at the HSE University, RIAC member

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

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

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

Ph.D. in History, Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham (Malaysia), RIAC expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Italian Republic and in the Republic of San Marino

Research Fellow, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Analyst, IDIP RFTA

Director of the MGIMO Centre for Sustainable Development, RIAC Member

PhD in Philology, Associate professor, Mass-Media Institute, Russian State University for the Humanities, RIAC Expert

Director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), RAS Corresponding Member, 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 Economics, Director at the Center for Migration Studies; Lead Researcher, Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in History, Vice Rector, HSE University, RIAC Member

Ph.D. (History), Head of the Department of Ethno-Political Conflict at the Institute of Europe under the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC expert