Experts

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Doctor of Political Science, Leading researcher, RAS Institute of Philosophy

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

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

Consultant in Trade and Food Security, and Director of “Green House”

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

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

Dual Master in Governance and Global Affairs (MGIMO) and International Relations (LUISS)

PhD in Political Science, Independent Analyst

President of World Russian Press Foundation (WARP Foundation), professor, RIAC member

Temporary – Assistant Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

D.Sc., Head of the Center for U.S. Foreign Policy Studies, U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in History, Head of the Korea and Mongolia Department, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Head of International Cooperation Department, Integration Development Department, EEC

PhD in History, Political Studies Center of the RAS Institute of Economics

Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine, Chairman of the Presidium of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, RIAC Member.

MA, MGIMO University

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

Ph.D. in Law, Research Fellow at Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies, the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

Director of the Moscow School of Economics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, RAS Full Member

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal

Candidate of History, Assistant Professor, Oriental Political Studies Dept. Institute for African and Asian Studies Moscow State University

Freelance reporter based in Kolkata

PhD in Economics, Head of Department of Assessment and Coordination of International and Duel Master's Degree Programs, MGIMO-University, MFA of Russia

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Head of Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo), RIAC Member

MGIMO University, Professor; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club

First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Russian Federation and Belarus