Experts

Major General, Strategic Advisor, Synergia Foundation

President, Synergia Foundation

Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social, Political and Economic Problems in the 20th Century, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences

Analyst at CNA Corporation

Doctor of Economics, Advisor to the Rector of PetrSU

Deputy Head, Department of Political Theory, MGIMO University

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

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

MA in International Studies and Diplomacy, Political Risk Analyst

Ph.D. in Political Science, Research Fellow at the Faculty of Political Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University

PhD in Economics, Head of the innovative direction at the Interdepartmental Analytical Center

Counselor of the National Committee for BRICS Research

Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, School of Asian Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Chief Economist; Advisor to the Minister for Economic Development of the Russian Federation MTS Bank

PhD., HSE Professor

Dr. of History, Chief Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

PhD, Head of Center for Russian-African Relations Studies at RAS Institute for African Studies

Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor at the Department of Jewish Studies, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Researcher at the Department for the Study of Israel and Jewish Communities of the RAS

Professor, Doctor of Political Sciences, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Head of the Department of Theory and History of International Relations, RUDN

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Global Politics Department of St. Petersburg State University

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Italian Republic and in the Republic of San Marino

Lead researcher and head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Unit at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Moscow

PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Weapons Expert, Former UN inspector in Iraq, Creator of Russian chemical weapons destruction technologies

Head of international contacts and press relations service of the Gorbachev Foundation. Foreign affairs expert and journalist

Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies