Experts

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

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

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

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

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

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

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Independent Analyst

Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

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

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

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus