Experts

PhD in Political Science, Senior Lecturer, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

Visiting Professor at Waseda University

PhD in Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Applied Economic Studies, Presidential Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Russian Federation and Belarus

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

Ph.D. in History, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

Chief economist at the VEB.RF, RIAC member.

PhD fellow at the Chair of International Law, PFUR Law School

Senior Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Senior Research Associate at the Strategic Vision Institute (Pakistan)

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

President, Global Migration Policy Associates

A.B. Political Science, University of Chicago, MA candidate at the University of Western Australia

President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)

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

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor at IR Department, Far Eastern Federal University, Adjunct Professor at the North-East Asia Research Center, Jilin University, China

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

Ambassador (rtd), President, Munich Security Conference Foundation; and former State Secretary, German Federal Foreign Office, Germany

Ph.D. in Political Science, Research Fellow, IMEMO RAS

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Shahid Beheshti University (Tehran)

Independent Analyst

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Head, Center for Economic Integration, IDIP RFTA, Research Fellow, Institute for International Economics and Finance, RFTA

PhD in History, senior research fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, RAS; associate professor, Department of Regional Issues in Global Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Ph.D. in History