Experts

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

Political Analyst, RIAC Expert

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

RIAC Expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Ph.D in Economics, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute for Europe, Head of the Country and Regional Researches Department, Head of the German Research Center

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

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

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

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

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

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Chair of the Board of Trustees and Directors of the European Leadership Network; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Independent Analyst

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

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

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge, RIAC expert

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

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

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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