Experts

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

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

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

Political Analyst

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

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

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

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

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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