Experts

Third Secretary, RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs

PhD in History, Senior Researcher in the RAS Institute of African Studies

Ph.D. in Philology, Rector of Moscow State Linguistic University, RIAC Member

President of World Russian Press Foundation (WARP Foundation), professor, RIAC member

Ph.D. in History; Senior Research Fellow, Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Studies, MGIMO University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Associate Professor, School of International Affairs, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics National Research University

Ph.D., Associate Director of and Research Professor at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

Director, Center for Spatial Analysis in International Relations, MGIMO University

Co-Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former U.S. Senator, United States

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

Research Fellow, European Leadership Network

President and CEO of Vegarus Group Africa Business Initiative, Eurasian Economic Cooperation organization, CEO of the International Coordination Council of Alumni (INCORVUZ) FISU Executive Committee Member

Doctor of History, Assistant Professor at St. Petersburg State University

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

Member of the Committee on defense and security of The Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC member.

Director of the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Vice President of the Council on Strategic Interaction between China and Russia at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Senior Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

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

Head of the Scientific and Organizational Department at the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences, Doctor of Engineering, Associate Professor

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

Member of the Union of Journalists and the Union of Russian Writers, Senior Editor, Strategy of Russia magazine

Special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Relations with International Organisations, RIAC Member

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Research Fellow at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

M.A. Candidate, International Economics and Energy, Resources & Environment, Johns Hopkins University

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels