Experts
Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State
Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University
Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member
Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member
Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club
Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand
Political Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University
Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University
Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC
PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)
Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations
PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies
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
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
Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)
Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge
Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney
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
Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform
PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University
Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal
Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences
PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University
International Security expert, MA in International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris/MGIMO
Senior Fellow, Energy, Investment and Connectivity, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations
MGIMO University
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
Independent Analyst
Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation




















