Experts
Employee at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Cairo, Central Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in the 2000s, currently works in the oil and gas industry
Chief economist at the VEB.RF, RIAC member.
Research fellow at TU Dortmund University, specialist in autonomous decision-making systems
Head of the Program (Tech Policy) at the Russian International Affairs Council
Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Global Politics Department of St. Petersburg State University
Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India
MSc, MGIMO University, field of study International Economic Law
Ph.D in History, Assistant professor of the Chair of International Relations and Diplomacy at the Moscow Humanitarian University
PhD. in Political Science, Deputy Director of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH) and Head of the IFSH’s Centre
for OSCE Research (CORE)
Ph.D. in History, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University
Doctor of History, RIAC member
Doctor of Political Science, Director, Head of the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America
PhD in Economics
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
Head of Department of Economic Policy and Public-Private Partnership at MGIMO-University
Honorary President of the Institute for African Studies of the RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member
Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club
Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Witology, Chairman of Board of League of Independent Experts
PhD in Law, PhD of Potsdam University
Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of Economic Research, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies
Doctor of Historical Sciences, Head of the Department of Central and Eastern Europe Studies, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor at MGIMO University; Professor at the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH)
PhD in Economics, Head of the European Security Department RAS Institute of Europe
Ph.D., Kant Institute Deputy Director, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
Leading Research Fellow at the Korean Studies Center, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies
PhD in Political Science, Director of the Centre for Science Diplomacy and Advanced Academic Initiatives, Institute for International Studies of MGIMO University
PhD in international relations, contributor to the German Caucasus Watch
Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Russian Federation and Belarus
Ph.D. in diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

















