Experts

Political Analyst

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

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

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

Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

MGIMO University

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

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

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

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Institute of Oriental Studies

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

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

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

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