Experts

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

MGIMO University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

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

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

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

PhD in History, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the HSE University, RIAC Member

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

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

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

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

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

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

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS

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

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

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

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

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

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