Experts

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

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

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

Political Analyst

MGIMO University

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

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

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

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

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

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

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

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

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