Experts

Program Assistant at the Russian International Affairs Council

Ph.D. in History

Vice Admiral, United States Coast Guard (retired)

Deputy Chairman of the Russia mufties Council and Head of the International Affairs Department of DUM RF

Deputy director of Department of implementation of Program for assisting compatriots in foreign residence in their voluntary resettlement to the Russian Federation of Ministry of Regional Development of Russia

INSOR Director for International Development

Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at Center for Global Issues, Institute for International Studies of MGIMO–University

Co-Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former U.S. Senator, United States

Doctor of Economics, Professor, Dean of the School of Financial Economics at MGIMO University

PhD (History), Research Fellow at School of International Affairs, Higher School of Economics, Moscow

Ph.D. in Historical Sciences, Research Fellow at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, IMEMO RAS

PhD in Philosophy, Film critic

Doctor of History, RIAC member

Independent journalist and researcher

Professor, Doctor of Law; president of the Chair of International Law at the People’s Friendship University of Russia; member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Ph.D., Professor of World Politics Department, Moscow State University

Ph.D. in diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

New Delhi based Journalist & Eurasia Analyst

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

Political commentator, researcher and expert on Middle East affairs. President of the Moscow-based International Middle Eastern Studies Club (IMESClub)

Independent Analyst

Research Fellow, Group of Regional Political Problems of the East and South, Center for Development and Modernization Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Associate Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

PhD in History, Theology Department, Urals State Mining University

PhD, Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia)