Experts

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), Head of the Country Studies Department, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of European Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

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

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

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

Political Analyst

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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

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

Doctor of Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Institute of Oriental Studies

MGIMO University

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

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

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

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor