Experts
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member
President of the International Foreign Policy Association, Chairman of the Global Council of Foreign Ministers of Foreign Affairs, President of the Alumni Association of MGIMO-University; Viktor Blazheev — Rector of the Kutafin Moscow State Law Academy, RIAC Member
PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)
Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies
Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor
Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member
Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels
Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus
Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics
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
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University
Political Analyst
Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform
Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council
Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member
Institute of Oriental Studies
Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization
Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy
Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom
Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University
Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies
Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”
Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC
Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences
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
Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney
Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club
Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club
Independent Analyst
PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University
Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies
Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant
















