Experts

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

Vice Admiral, United States Coast Guard (retired)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ph.D. in Legal Sciences, Deputy Head of the Department of International Law at MGIMO University

Doctor of History, Professor, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Eurasian Studies, Diplomatic Academy of Russian Foreign Ministry

Independent Analyst

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

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

PhD in Political Science, Department of International Issues Applied Analysis of the MGIMO University

Dean of the Department of World Economics and World Politics of the National Research University-Higher School of Economics

PhD in political science, RIAC expert

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, MGIMO University, RIAC Expert

Lead researcher and head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Unit at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Moscow

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 History, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

PhD in History, independent journalist

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University, RIAC Expert

Doctor of History, Professor of the Comparative Political Studies Department at MGIMO-University, RIAC expert

Independent Analyst

Deputy Director General at ‘Vestnik Kavkaza’, Information & Analytics Agency

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

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

Lt. General, Strategic Advisor, Synergia Foundation

PhD in Political Science, Philology Faculty of Petersburg Institute of Judaic Studies

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Assistant Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern History, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University

PhD in History, Director of the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member