Experts

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

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

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

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

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

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

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

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 Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

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

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