Experts

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

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

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

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

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

Political Analyst

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

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

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council