Experts

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

MGIMO University, Professor; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

Independent Analyst

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

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

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