Experts

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

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

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

MGIMO University

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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 Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

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