Experts

PhD in Political Science, RIAC Expert

Head of international contacts and press relations service of the Gorbachev Foundation. Foreign affairs expert and journalist

Dr. of Political Sciences, Head of Black Sea and Mediterranean Studies Centre, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor, Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

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

Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social, Political and Economic Problems in the 20th Century, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC expert

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

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor at the Higher School of Economics

Dr. of Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow RAS INION, Professor, MGIMO University, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Honorary President, Russian Political Science Association

Doctor of Political Science, Senior Researcher at the Analytical Centre of Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University

PhD in History, Chief of Research and Publishing Dept, RAS Oriental Studies Institute

Master of Asian and African Studies, Socio-Economic and Political Development of Modern Asia programme, Higher School of Economics; Project Manager, Alliance Media Strategy; RIAC Expert

Head of Department, Deputy Director of the General Office of Eastern-European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey

CEO and co-founder of Hozint - Horizon Intelligence, founder and director of the International Security Observer

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies

Ph.D., RIAC Acting Director of Programs

Director of the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Vice President of the Council on Strategic Interaction between China and Russia at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

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

Research Fellow at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

Executive Director of Gorchakov Foundation for Public Diplomacy Support, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Senior Associate, Bedell Cristin, Singapore

Ph.D in History, Leading Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Editor-in-Chief of International Analytics Magazine, RIAC Expert

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

PhD in Political Science, Independent expert

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

Doctor of Sociology, Professor of the Sociology Faculty of St. Petersburg State University

Member of the Council of the Federation, RIAC member

Ph. D., Associate Professor of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University

Visiting Fellow at the Applied Policy Research Institute, based in Yerevan

MA, Higher School of Economics, RIAC expert and blogger

Professor of government and politics at George Mason University

Ph.D. in Economics, Head of the Sector of Economics and Politics of Japan

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

President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)