Experts

Ph.D., Research Fellow, Head of the Russian Foreign Policy Research Department at the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Third Secretary, Press-Attaché of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ankara

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Chairman of the National Security Council of Georgia

PhD in Political Science, Political Theory Department of the MGIMO University

Political Scientist

Ph.D. in Political Science, Deputy Director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), HSE University

Independent Analyst

Ph.D., assistant professor of Russian history, Urals Federal University

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

Academician, Doctor of Economic Sciences, First Deputy Director, IMEMO RAN

Head of the "Africa in the Focus of Russian Interests" Programme at the MGIMO University

PhD in Economics, MBA, Lead Research Fellow (Center for International Economic Relations Studies), Institute for Finance and Economic Research, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Etalon Group

Ph.D. in History, Senior Research Fellow at European Political Studies Department, IMEMO RAN

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

Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Independent journalist

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Assistant Professor at the University of Crete, Department of Political Science

PhD in Law, PhD of Potsdam University

President of the Jordan-based Political Studies of the Middle East Center, Founder of the US-based Geostrategic and Media Center

Ph.D., Professor of Political Ideas and Institutions, Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Former British diplomat

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

PhD in History, Senior Researcher in the RAS Institute of African Studies

President, Synergia Foundation

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