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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

MGIMO University

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”

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

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

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

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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