Experts

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

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

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

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

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

RIAC Expert

RIAC Expert

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

Ph.D. (History), Professor, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University, RIAC Expert

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Chair of the Board of Trustees and Directors of the European Leadership Network; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

Ph.D in Economics, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute for Europe, Head of the Country and Regional Researches Department, Head of the German Research Center

Independent Analyst

MGIMO University, Professor; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club

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

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

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

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

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Doctor of Sciences in History, Rector, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member