Experts

Commodore, Former Strategy Director in the British Embassy in Afghanistan, author of Strategy for Action: Using Force Wisely in the 21st Century

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Director of Center for Energy and Security Studies, chief editor of Yaderny Club magazine, member of Scientific Council of the Security Council, RIAC expert, RIAC member

Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union

Editor in chief, PIRC

Master of International Affairs (Texas A&M University, 2015)

Deputy Head, Center for Economic Integration, IDIP RFTA

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Head of International Projects Section, Postgraduate of World History Department of M.V. Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University

Andrei Kelin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, RIAC Member

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

Independent journalist, RIAC expert

Research Fellow, MSU Institute of Information Security Issues, RIAC Expert

Visiting Professor at Waseda University

Doctor of Political Science, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America

PIR Center Director

PhD in Political Science, Research Centre for International and Regional Politics (Saint-Petersburg), Project Coordinator, Euroacademy (Tallinn), professor

Member of the Federation Council Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on International Affairs

Rector of the Urals Federal University named after the First Russian President B.N. Yeltsyn

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University, RIAC Expert

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

Independent expert, specializes in EU, US and WTO affairs

Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Global Politics Department of St. Petersburg State University

Independent Analyst

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Chair of the Board of Trustees and Directors of the European Leadership Network; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom