Experts

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

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Institute of Oriental Studies

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

MGIMO University

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

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

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

International Security expert, MA in International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris/MGIMO

Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

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

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

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

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

Senior Fellow, Energy, Investment and Connectivity, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

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