Experts

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

PhD University of Cambridge, Researcher, Centre for Energy, Climate and Environmental Law, University of Eastern Finland; consultant at the International Institute for Sustainable Development

Ph.D. in History, Scientific Advisor of The Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies RAS

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in History, Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham (Malaysia)

Senior Research Associate at the Strategic Vision Institute (Pakistan)

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

Independent Expert

Political Science PhD, associate professor, head of department of European integration at MGIMO-University, leading research fellow at the RAS Institute of Europe

Doctor of Historical Sciences. Deputy Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Professor at the Department of Applied International Analysis, MGIMO University

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

Professor at Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, and leading expert at the National Energy Security Fund

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Expert for the Center for African Studies, HSE University

RIAC Publishing Editor

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Secretary-General of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

Post-Graduate Researcher at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Expert of the Institute for Contemporary International Studies

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Research Fellow, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

Senior Lecturer, Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI” and Saint Petersburg State University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Federal Republic of Germany, RIAC Member

PIR Center Director

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Informational Security Problems Department of the Center for International Security at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Military Science of the Russian Federation

Doctor of History, Professor of Russian University of Peoples’ Friendship, Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences