Experts

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

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

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Independent Analyst

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

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

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

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

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

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

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

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

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

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge