Experts

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

Member of the PIR Center Community, independent analyst

Ph.D. in Political Science and Associate Professor and Distinguished Researcher at the Tsinghua University Technology Innovation Research Centre, and Executive Secretary of the Sino-Russian Research Center for the Digital Economy at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor at the Higher School of Economics

Research Fellow at The Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Independent Analyst

Professor, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University, RIAC member

Researcher at Energy and Security Center, Eugeny Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations

PhD in international relations, contributor to the German Caucasus Watch

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

Professor at Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, and leading expert at the National Energy Security Fund

PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Weapons Expert, Former UN inspector in Iraq, Creator of Russian chemical weapons destruction technologies

Deputy Head, CCEIS Asia-Pacific Department, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

PhD in Political Science, Andrew Derbenev is a Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and an Associate Professor in Moscow State Pedagogical University

MGIMO University, Professor; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club

Founder and Chairman, CeNext Consulting Group, New Delhi

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)

PhD, Adjunct Lecturer, American University of Armenia

Ph.D. in History, Expert, Institute of International Studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MGIMO)

Doctor of History, professor, RAS Full Member, Head of the Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnology of the Peoples of the Far-East, Far-Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Independent Analyst

Analyst, IDIP RFTA

Junior Research Fellow at the MGIMO Institute for International Studies (IMI MGIMO)

Independent expert, specializes in EU, US and WTO affairs

Ph.D in History, Assistant professor of the Chair of International Relations and Diplomacy at the Moscow Humanitarian University

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO and Co-Founder of TSS Ltd