Experts

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

PhD in Political Science, Head of the Theory of Politics Section IMEMO RAN

PhD in politics, senior researcher at the Centre for British Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, expert at the RIAC

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

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

Ph.D. in Philology, Rector of Moscow State Linguistic University, RIAC Member

Adviser to the Russian Trade Mission to Finland

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

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

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

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 in Politics, Center for Domestic Policy Research at RAS Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies

Temporary – Assistant Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Professor at Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, and leading expert at the National Energy Security Fund

Director of the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Vice President of the Council on Strategic Interaction between China and Russia at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Ph.D. in History, Research affiliate at the Ukrainian Research Institute (Harvard University) and the Center for International and European Studies, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Deputy Director, Analytical Center Observo, French-Russian Chamber of Commerce

Professor, Fudan University, Beijing Club for International Dialogue, Senior Expert

Research Fellow & Coordinator West Asia Centre, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Research Fellow at the Center for Trade and Economic Integration at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, former Philippine Ambassador to the WTO in Geneva

Political observer

PhD, Head of Computational Genomics, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Russia’s Representative in ELIXIR Consortium

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Consultant in Trade and Food Security, and Director of “Green House”

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

Senior Associate, Bedell Cristin, Singapore

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow, Professor, Department of World Economy and Global Finance, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation