Experts

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

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

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

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

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

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

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

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

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

MGIMO University

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

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

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University