Experts

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

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

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

Doctor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

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

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

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

Independent Analyst

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

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

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

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

Institute of Oriental Studies

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

RIAC Expert

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

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