Experts

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

Political Analyst

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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 History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

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

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Independent Analyst

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

Doctor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

MGIMO University

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

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

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS