Experts

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

PhD in History, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the HSE University, RIAC Member

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

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

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

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

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

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

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

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

International Security expert, MA in International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris/MGIMO

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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