Experts

Representative, Resource Agribusiness Group

President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Head of Program Education and Science, Deaf-blind Support Fund So-edinenie (Connection)

Analyst in charge of Former Soviet Union and Balkans Desk at Ce.S.I. Centro Studi Internazionali

Dr. of Political Science, Chief Research Fellow at the Centre for Russian–Chinese Relations Studies and Forecasting of the Institute of Far
Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Center for Middle East Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS; Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Economic Geography of Asian and African countries, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher at the RAS Institute of African Studies

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

Doctor of History, Professor, Head of the Black Sea-Mediterranean Research Center of the RAS Instute of Europe

Doctor of Science (History), professor, Acting Director, Institute for US and Canada Studies, Russian Academy of Science, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in Political Science; Consultant, PIR Center

Independent Analyst

PhD in Political Science, Philology Faculty of Petersburg Institute of Judaic Studies

President, Society of Caucasian Studies Experts

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

Visiting Professor at Waseda University

Doctor of Sciences, Professor, Faculty of Law, HSE University, RIAC Member

Independent journalist

Doctor of Political Science, Director, Head of the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Expert at the Institute of the Middle East, graduate of International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy at MGIMO

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

PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Senior Research Associate, Institute of Demography at the Higher School of Economics

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl