Experts

RAS Institute of Economics

Senior researcher at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, the Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS, associate professor at People’s Friendship University of Russia

Senior research fellow, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

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

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

Journalist, Sinologist

Senator of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

PhD in political science

RIAC Member

PhD in History, Sector Head at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Editor in chief, PIRC

Deputy Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics

PhD University of Cambridge, Researcher, Centre for Energy, Climate and Environmental Law, University of Eastern Finland; consultant at the International Institute for Sustainable Development

Dr. of Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow RAS INION, Professor, MGIMO University, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Honorary President, Russian Political Science Association

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

Temporary – Assistant Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Independent Analyst

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president

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

Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, co-founder of the Vatfor project

Doctor of History, Head of Vishegrad centre at the RAS Institute of Europe, Head of Central and Eastern Europe studies department

Postgraduate student, MGIMO University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member.

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies

Doctor of History, Leading Expert in the MGIMO ASEAN Centre