Experts

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

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 Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

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

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

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

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

Political Analyst

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

Independent Analyst

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment