Experts

Expert in the Foreign Policy and Security division at the Center for Strategic Research

Doctor of History, Head of the Department of Oriental Studies of the MGIMO University

PhD in Political Science, Research Associate at the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Independent Analyst

Doctor of Economics, RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Doctor of History, Head of the Afghanistan Sector of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, Professor

Master of Asian and African Studies, Socio-Economic and Political Development of Modern Asia programme, Higher School of Economics; Project Manager, Alliance Media Strategy

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

Senior Officer, International Arctic The Pew Charitable Trusts

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

Ph.D. (History), Head of the Department of Ethno-Political Conflict at the Institute of Europe under the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Political Science; Associate Professor of the Department of Integration Processes, Senior Researcher at IMI MGIMO; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

General and Russian History Department of the Higher School of Economics

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Global Politics Department of St. Petersburg State University

Ph.D. in Economics, Leading Research Fellow, Center for Korean Studies, Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in History, Head of Israel Department at RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Ph.D. in Political Science, Deputy Director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), HSE University

Senior Expert, Center for Military and Political Studies, MGIMO MFA

Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations

Assistant Professor at the Odintsovo branch, MGIMO University

Research Fellow at The Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D., Fellow of The Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies at Russian Academy of Sciences, Former editor-in-chief of Russia Direct, an analytical media outlet

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert

Ph.D. in History, Senior Research Associate, RAS Institute of Slavonic Studies

Lead researcher and head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Unit at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Moscow

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal

Ph.D. of Economics, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

Professor of the Chair of Modern East Department of History, Political Science and Law, Russian State University for the Humanities

Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member