Experts

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

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

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

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

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), Head of the Country Studies Department, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of European Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

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

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

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

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

PhD in History, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the HSE University, RIAC Member

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

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

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

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

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Institute of Oriental Studies

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program

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