Experts

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

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

MGIMO University

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

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

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

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