Experts

Director of Inter-ethnic relations Department of Ministry of Regional Development of Russia

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

PhD in Political Science, Deputy Director for Academic Work under the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC member

RAS Institute of Economics

Tutor of business, law and social sciences at Kaplan International College, Affiliated Faculty at University College London

Independent Analyst

Doctor of Political Science, Director, Head of the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

First Deputy Head of the Russian Federal Migration Service

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

Chief economist at the VEB.RF, RIAC member.

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

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr.Sc. (Econ.), Professor, Director of the RAS Institute for African Studies, RIAC Member

Director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC member

PhD in Political Science, research fellow at Centre for the Study of Middle East of Institute of Oriental Studies of RAS

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

Senior research fellow at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Head of International Projects Section, Postgraduate of World History Department of M.V. Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University

PhD in Political Science, associate professor at the Department of World Politics, MGIMO University

Doctor of Sciences in Economics, Professor, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academic Director of the Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering within the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

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

Head of the Mongolia Unit, Senior Researcher at the Korea and Mongolia Division, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Program Assistant at the Russian International Affairs Council

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