Experts

Professor at the Diplomacy Department at MGIMO Russia, Chief Research Fellow of the Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Ph.D., Senior researcher at IMEMO, Russian Academy of sciences

Senior Lecturer, Department of International Economic Relations and External Economic Links, MGIMO University

Consultant in Trade and Food Security, and Director of “Green House”

Director of the Institute of Asia and Africa of MSU , RIAC Member

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

Analyst at CNA Corporation

Faculty of International Relations of St. Petersburg State University

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, RIAC Member

Dr. of Political Sciences, Head of Black Sea and Mediterranean Studies Centre, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor, Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

PhD in History, Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Leading Research Fellow

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Editor in chief, PIRC

Andrei Kelin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Center for Global Studies & International Relations at the Diplomatic Academy under the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ambassador (rtd), President, Munich Security Conference Foundation; and former State Secretary, German Federal Foreign Office, Germany

CEO and co-founder of Hozint - Horizon Intelligence, founder and director of the International Security Observer

Ph.D. in Political Science, Director of the Civil Diplomacy Fund, Ukraine

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Ph.D. in Political Science, Leading Research Fellow, Head of the Center for Italian Studies, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

Head of the "Africa in the Focus of Russian Interests" Programme at the MGIMO University

Independent Expert

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department of Political Science at the Higher School of Economics National Research University Campus in St. Petersburg, Assistant at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University