Experts

Candidate of Political Sciences, European Integration Faculty, MGIMO-University, RIAC expert

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Corresponding member, RAS, Dr. of Economics, Professor,
Dean of the Faculty for International Energy Business, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Shahid Beheshti University (Tehran)

PIR Center Director

Head of the Department of Science and Innovation at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Senior Fellow at the Laboratory of International Process Analysis at MGIMO under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Academic Director of the RAS Institute of General History, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

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

Dean of the Faculty of International Relations and Foreign Area Studies of the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC member.

Senior research fellow in the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Canada

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

Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, International Crisis Group

Director of the Research Institute for European and American Studies based in Athens, Greece

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

Rector of the Far Eastern Federal University (2012–2016), RIAC member.

Doctor of Political Science, Professor of the Diplomacy Department of the MGIMO University

PhD in Political Science, RIAC Expert

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

Doctor of History, Chief Researcher of the RAS Institute for European Studies

Ambassador, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1996-1998)

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

RIAC Expert

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues, RIAC expert

Russian International Affairs Council Expert, Member of Space Generation Advisory Council

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Center for Middle East Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS; Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Economic Geography of Asian and African countries, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Academic Director, SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market 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

PhD in Political Science, Professor at the Faculty of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University, RIAC expert

Head of Defense Studies Department at Armenian Research & Development Institute and editor for New Defense Order. Strategy magazine, Thinker AGBU Project Lead