Experts

Doctor of History, Professor of the Oriental Studies Department of the MGIMO University

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

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

D.Sc. (politics), Professor, North (Arctic) Federal University

PhD in Political Science, associate professor at the School of World Political Processes, research associate at the Center for Post-Soviet Studies, MGIMO University

Doctor of History, Head of the Afghanistan Sector of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, Professor

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

President, Society of Caucasian Studies Experts

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

Head of international contacts and press relations service of the Gorbachev Foundation. Foreign affairs expert and journalist

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

University of Birmingham

Professor and Chair, Department of International and Comparative Politics American University of Paris

PhD, Senior Lecturer in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics, Deputy Director of the Princess Dashkova Russia Center, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

PhD in History, Economic Theory Department of the MGIMO University

Research fellow at the French Institute for International Relations (Paris, France)

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Center for Human Demography and Ecology, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

Associate Professor of International Relations, Koç University (Turkey)

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

Head of the Research Division, Institute of Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Secretary General of the All-China Association for the Study of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia; Deputy Director of the “One Belt and One Road” Research Centre at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Retired Vice-admiral

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

PhD in history

Leading analyst, Center for Energy and Digital Economy Stretegic Research, MGIMO University. Founder, President of Honour, MGIMO Arctic Student Research Club

Member of the Union of Journalists and the Union of Russian Writers, Senior Editor, Strategy of Russia magazine

PhD in Political Science, Research Associate at the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

Scientific Director of the RAS Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, RAS Full Member

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