Experts

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

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

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

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

Doctor of Sciences in History, Rector, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

MGIMO University

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

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant; RIAC expert

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

RIAC Expert

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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