Experts

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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 Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

Institute of Oriental Studies

Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, 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

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

MGIMO University

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Political Analyst

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

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS

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

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl