Experts

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

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

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

Ph.D. in Historical Sciences, Research Fellow at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, IMEMO RAS

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, MGIMO University

Tutor of business, law and social sciences at Kaplan International College, Affiliated Faculty at University College London

Research Fellow at the Department of Modern History of Central and Southeast Europe, Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D., Professor of Political Ideas and Institutions, Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Former British diplomat

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor at IR Department, Far Eastern Federal University, Adjunct Professor at the North-East Asia Research Center, Jilin University, China

Head of the Center for International Security of IMEMO, RAS Full Member, RIAC member

President and CEO of Vegarus Group Africa Business Initiative, Eurasian Economic Cooperation organization, CEO of the International Coordination Council of Alumni (INCORVUZ) FISU Executive Committee 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

Dr. of Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow RAS INION, Professor, MGIMO University, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Honorary President, Russian Political Science Association

PhD in Political Science, Independent expert

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, MGIMO University

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

Head, Center for Economic Integration, IDIP RFTA, Research Fellow, Institute for International Economics and Finance, RFTA

RAS Full Member, RIAC member

North European and Baltic Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Former First Deputy Chief of the Military Science Department, Russian Armed Forces General Staff

Ph.D. in Economics, Director at the Center for Migration Studies; Lead Researcher, Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

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

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)

PhD in History, senior research fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, RAS; associate professor, Department of Regional Issues in Global Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

PhD in History, Associate Professor, Department of Post-Soviet Countries, Russian State University for the Humanities, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Post-Soviet and Interregional Studies