Experts

Deputy Director General at ‘Vestnik Kavkaza’, Information & Analytics Agency

Humanitarian Affairs Adviser, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

Ph.D. in Political Science, Professor, Dept. of International Relations, Seoul National University

Ph.D. in Engineering Science, Postdoctoral researcher, International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, MGIMO University

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

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

North European and Baltic Studies Center at the MGIMO University

PhD in Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at Center for Global Issues, Institute for International Studies of MGIMO–University

Research Fellow

Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

President, Global Migration Policy Associates

Temporary – Assistant Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine, Chairman of the Presidium of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, RIAC Member.

Independent expert

Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy of Russia, MGIMO-University

Ph.D. in Law, Research Fellow at Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies, the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences

President and CEO of Vegarus Group Africa Business Initiative, Eurasian Economic Cooperation organization, CEO of the International Coordination Council of Alumni (INCORVUZ) FISU Executive Committee Member

Former senior Australian diplomat

PhD in Political Science, Department of International Issues Applied Analysis of the MGIMO University

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Center for Human Demography and Ecology, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

Ph.D. (Hist.), Senior Research Fellow, Research Fellow of the Center for Development and Security Studies, Faculty of World Politics, Moscow State University