Experts

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

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

MGIMO University

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

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

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

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

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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, RIAC Member

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Independent Analyst

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

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

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University