Experts

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

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

Independent Analyst

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

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

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

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

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

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

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

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS

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

Ph.D. in Economics, School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

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

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

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