Experts

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

Political Analyst

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor