Experts

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

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

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

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

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

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

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

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

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

Political Analyst

Independent Analyst

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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