Experts

MA, MGIMO University

Independent researcher, lecturer at Dostoevsky Omsk State University

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

Director, Center for Spatial Analysis in International Relations, MGIMO University

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Brazilian columnist and RIAC blogger

Researcher at the Center for Central Asian Studies of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lecturer in the School of International Affairs at the Higher School of Economics

Ph.D. in Political Science, Leading Research Fellow, Head of the Center for Italian Studies, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

PhD, Economics. Center for Military and Industrial Policy Institute for US and Canadian Studies

LLM Public International Law — International Environmental and Energy Law

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the Global Political Processes Department of the MGIMO University

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

Ph.D., Associate Director of and Research Professor at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

Research Fellow at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

PhD, Foundation Fellow in the Australian Studies Institute at Australian National University

Ph.D. (Military Sciences), Col. Gen. (Ret.), Research Professor, Advanced National Security Studies Center, Expert Institute, Higher School of Economics National Research University, Moscow

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

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

Independent Analyst

PhD in Economics

President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Academic Director, SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies

Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Dr. of Economics, Head of the Foreign Economy Policy Sector, RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations