Experts

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

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

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

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, RIAC Member

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

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

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

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

Political Analyst

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy