Experts

Doctor of pedagogical Sciences, professor, member of the Russian Academy of Education, RIAC member

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

RIAC Vice-President, President of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

MGIMO-University

Doctor of Economics, Head of Marketing and Advertising Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Honorary Member of the Guild of Marketers

Senior Research Associate with The Jindal Schoolof International Affairs, Sonepat

Independent Expert

Doctor of law, Professor, Assistant Rector for Research, Chairman of the Council for the coordination of international and innovation activities of the Kutafin Moscow state law University, RIAC Member

Doctor of Economics, Chief Research Fellow of IMEMO, RAS

Ph.D., Professor of World Politics Department, Moscow State University

PhD in Political Science, Assistant Professor of Applied Political Science Department at Financial University of the Russian Federation Government

Independent Analyst

Chief Economist; Advisor to the Minister for Economic Development of the Russian Federation MTS Bank

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

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

BA in International Relations, Higher School of Economics

Ph.D., Research Fellow, Head of the Russian Foreign Policy Research Department at the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

Masters of Arts candidate at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

President of Russian State University for the Humanities, RAS Full Member, RIAC member

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Research Associate at the Institute for International Studies (IIS) of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology of Political Processes, Faculty of Sociology, MSU

Military Observer Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Conflicts at the Institute of Innovative Development

PhD in Political Science, Director of the Center for Advanced American Studies at MGIMO University; Non-resident Scholar, Conflict Resolution and Track II Dialogues Program, Middle East Institute, RIAC expert

Faculty of International Relations of St. Petersburg State University

Rector of the Far Eastern Federal University (2012–2016), RIAC member.

Co-Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former U.S. Senator, United States

MA, MGIMO University

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