Experts

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Institute of Oriental Studies

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

Political Analyst

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

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

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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