Experts

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

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

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

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

MGIMO University

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

Political Analyst