Experts
PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association
Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council
Senior Fellow, Energy, Investment and Connectivity, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations
Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University
Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club
Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”
Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies
Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council
PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies
Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation
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, RIAC Member
MGIMO University
Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics
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 Philosophy, MGIMO Professor
Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences
PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University
International Security expert, MA in International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris/MGIMO
Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics
Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member
Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus
PhD in History, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the HSE University, RIAC Member
Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom
PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies
Independent Analyst
Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge
Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry
Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president
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
Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University
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
Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

















