Experts

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

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

Political Analyst

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

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

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

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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 Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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