Experts

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

Political Analyst

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

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 Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

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

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

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

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

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

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, RIAC Member

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

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

Independent Analyst

Institute of Oriental Studies

Senior Fellow, Energy, Investment and Connectivity, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation