Experts

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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

MGIMO 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

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

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

Political Analyst

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy