Experts

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

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

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

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Chair of the Board of Trustees and Directors of the European Leadership Network; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

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

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

MGIMO University, Professor; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

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

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy