Experts

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

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

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

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

Political Analyst

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

Independent Analyst

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

MGIMO University

Senior Fellow, Energy, Investment and Connectivity, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations