Experts

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

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

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

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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