Experts

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Independent Analyst

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program

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

MGIMO University

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

Political Analyst

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

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

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

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

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

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