Experts

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

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

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

MGIMO University

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Political Analyst

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

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

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

PhD in History, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the HSE University, RIAC Member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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