Experts

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

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

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

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

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