Experts

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

MGIMO University

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

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

Independent Analyst

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

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS

Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), Head of the Country Studies Department, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of European Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member