Experts

PhD in History, Deputy Dean of the History Faculty, Moscow State University

Ph.D, Head of Chair, Cybernetics and Information Security Department, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Research Nuclear University)

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

Independent Analyst

Master’s Student, MGIMO University, RIAC Intern

Independent expert

Andrei Kelin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, RIAC Member

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Founder, The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Associate Professor at University of Tehran; Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Doctor in Political Science, PhD in History, Professor at School of world politics of MSU

Deputy Chairman, Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Head of Section of the Asia-Pacific Region Problems, IMEMO RAN

PhD candidate at the School of Politics and International Relations, Cardiff University

Journalist, Sinologist

Ph.D. from Duisburg University, Senior Advisor of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

PhD in Economics, Leading Research Associate at the RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

Cand.Sc.(Ped.), Junior Research Fellow, Moscow Lomonosov University

PhD in politics, senior researcher at the Centre for British Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, expert at the RIAC

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

Director of the Research Institute for European and American Studies based in Athens, Greece

Doctor of History, Leading Expert in the MGIMO ASEAN Centre

Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. in Political Science, expert at the Centre for Crisis Society Studies (Centero)

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head, Center for Social and Political Research, Institute for the Development of Integration Processes, Russian Foreign Trade Academy, Associate Professor, Financial University

Assistant Professor at the Odintsovo branch, MGIMO University