Experts

Lecturer at the Department of Comparative Politics, PhD student at MGIMO University

Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, International Crisis Group

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Informational Security Problems Department of the Center for International Security at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Military Science of the Russian Federation

Ph.D., senior researcher, Russia – China Centre, RAS Far East Institute

Scientific Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America, RAS Corresponding Member

Academician, Doctor of Economic Sciences, First Deputy Director, IMEMO RAN

MSc, MGIMO University, field of study International Economic Law

Д.и.н., Doctor of History, Professor, Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO University

PhD in Political Science, Senior Lecturer, Department of Applied International Analysis, 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

PhD in Technical Sciences, retired Major General

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Deputy director of Department of implementation of Program for assisting compatriots in foreign residence in their voluntary resettlement to the Russian Federation of Ministry of Regional Development of Russia

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Center for Global Studies & International Relations at the Diplomatic Academy under the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

PhD in Political Science, Assistant Professor of Applied Political Science Department at Financial University of the Russian Federation Government

Political Analyst

Senior research fellow at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Professor of Foreign Regions Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Expert on history of CEE countries

Vice Admiral, United States Coast Guard (retired)

International College of Economics and Finance, Higher School of Economics

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

PhD in Political Science, associate professor at the School of World Political Processes, research associate at the Center for Post-Soviet Studies, MGIMO University

Faculty of International Relations of St. Petersburg State University

Senior Associate, Bedell Cristin, Singapore

D.Sc., Head of the Center for U.S. Foreign Policy Studies, U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D in History, Assistant professor of the Chair of International Relations and Diplomacy at the Moscow Humanitarian University

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, MGIMO University

Chairman of the Executive Committee — Executive Chairman of the CIS

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

PhD (History), Leading Researcher, Head, Center for Tropical Africa Studies, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Scientific director of the Lobachevsky Sate University of Nizhny Novgorod