Experts

PhD in Law, PhD of Potsdam University

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

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

Doctor of Science, Professor, Head of the Department of European law, MGIMO-University

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

PhD in Economics, Head of the Production Support Department at Gazpromneft-Sakhalin

Research Fellow at the Center for Trade and Economic Integration at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, former Philippine Ambassador to the WTO in Geneva

Independent journalist

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

Research Fellow & Coordinator West Asia Centre, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

PhD, Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia)

Research Fellow at the Center for the Middle East Studies, IMEMO RAS

Ph.D. in History, Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham (Malaysia)

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Doctor of Political Science, Leading researcher, RAS Institute of Philosophy

Doctor of History, Head of the Department of Oriental Studies of the MGIMO University

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, Associate Professor of the Department of International Business at the Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Independent Analyst

Deputy Director of the Centre for comprehensive European and international studies, Deputy Director of research programs at the Council on foreign and defense policy. Member of the RIAC.

Founder of the SIKHA Foundation, lecturer at the Tbilisi State University

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

Professor of International Politics, Tufts University

PhD in History, Economic Theory Department of the MGIMO University

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Centre for Energy and Transport of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president