Experts

Political Science PhD, associate professor, head of department of European integration at MGIMO-University, leading research fellow at the RAS Institute of Europe

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

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

PhD Candidate in International Relations, specialist in Russian and Eurasian Affairs, Turkey

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

Assistant Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern History, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University

PhD in Political Science, Director of the Centre for Science Diplomacy and Advanced Academic Initiatives, Institute for International Studies of MGIMO University

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of Economic Research, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Head of Program Education and Science, Deaf-blind Support Fund So-edinenie (Connection)

PhD, Post-doctoral Research Fellow WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Research Fellow Cambridge Central Asia Forum

PhD in History, Head of Israel Department at RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Ambassador, Senior fellow and distinguished chair in Diplomacy and Security at the RAND Corporation

Director of Research and Information Centre, Intergovernmental Water Management Coordination Commission for Central Asia, Member of the World Water Council

PhD in Economics, Leading Research Associate at the RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the Higher School of Economics; research fellow at the RAS Institute of Latin American Studies; research fellow at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator

Ph.D., Associate Director of and Research Professor at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

Independent Analyst

Co-chairman of Polish-Russian Group on Difficult Matters, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

Junior Research Fellow at the MGIMO Institute for International Studies (IMI MGIMO)

Senator of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

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

Director of Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industry Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Professor

PhD in Philology, Associate professor, Mass-Media Institute, Russian State University for the Humanities