Experts

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

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

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

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

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

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

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

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

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

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

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