Experts

Director of the Baltic Studies Institute of I. Kant Baltic Federal University

Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, co-founder of the Vatfor project

Doctor of History, Professor, Dean of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, RIAC Member, RIAC Vice-President

Director of the MGIMO Centre for Sustainable Development, RIAC Member

Chairman of the Federation Council Commission on Information Policy and Media Relations, RIAC Member

PhD in Hystory, Assistant Professor of MGIMO University

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Former Deputy National Security Advisor and Former Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Ph.D., Professor of World Politics Department, Moscow State University

Ph.D. in diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

Deputy Director, Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences, of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the Association for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation

PhD in History, Researcher at the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Post-graduate student in the Russia in the Asia-Pacific Region: Politics, Economy, Security international educational program at the Far Eastern State University

PhD in Geography, senior researcher, Institute of Demography HSE

Ph.D. researcher, Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

Freelance reporter based in Kolkata

PhD in Economics, Head of Department of Assessment and Coordination of International and Duel Master's Degree Programs, MGIMO-University, MFA of Russia

Ph.D. in History, Research Associate, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Doctor of History, Professor at MGIMO-University

Lt. General, Strategic Advisor, Synergia Foundation

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

A.B. Political Science, University of Chicago, MA candidate at the University of Western Australia

Ph.D. in Technical Sciences, Deputy Director of the Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director of the Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Development Research, Institute of Economics and Utility Regulation, Higher School of Economics