Experts

Ph.D. in Political Science, Leading Research Fellow, Head of the Center for Italian Studies, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

Independent Expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president

Ambassador, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Mexican Sherpa to the G20

Ph.D. in Political Science, Research Associate at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO); Senior Lecturer at MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of MFA, Russia

Postgraduate student, IMEMO RAS

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO and Co-Founder of TSS Ltd

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Holy See and RF Representative to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, RIAC member

Honorary President of the Non-Governmental Organization "Association of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation", Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

PhD in Hystory, Assistant Professor of MGIMO University

Secretary-General of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation (RF) to the United States of America, RIAC Member.

Political commentator, researcher and expert on Middle East affairs. President of the Moscow-based International Middle Eastern Studies Club (IMESClub)

PhD, Deputy Head, Institute of History and International Relations Saratov State University

Assistant researcher at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of IMEМО RAS, Professor of MGIMO University, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Leading Research Fellow at the Korean Studies Center, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies

General Director, International Institute for the Development of Scientific Cooperation (MIRNaS)

Doctor of Philosophy, Head of the Center for British Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS)

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert

Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Russia

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Shahid Beheshti University (Tehran)

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of Economic Research, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Professor, Doctor of Law; president of the Chair of International Law at the People’s Friendship University of Russia; member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Russian Federation and Belarus

Head of the Center for International Security of IMEMO, RAS Full Member, RIAC member

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr.Sc. (Econ.), Professor, Director of the RAS Institute for African Studies, RIAC Member

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

MA in Middle Eastern Studies

Ph.D. in Economic Sciences, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Economics and Finance, IDIP RFTA; Senior Research Fellow, Russian Center for APEC Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

President of the Jordan-based Political Studies of the Middle East Center, Founder of the US-based Geostrategic and Media Center