Experts

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

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

International Security expert, MA in International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris/MGIMO

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

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

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

MGIMO University

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

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

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University