Experts

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

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

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

MGIMO University

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

Senior Fellow, Energy, Investment and Connectivity, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

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

Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), Head of the Country Studies Department, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of European Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

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

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

Independent Analyst

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform