Experts

Former Defense Secretary and Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom

University of Birmingham

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

Doctor of History, RIAC member

Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, RIAC Member

Doctor of Political Science, Director, Head of the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

Research Fellow, Russian Institute of Strategic Studies (RISS)

Ph.D. in Engineering Science, Postdoctoral researcher, International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, MGIMO University

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

Head of Dual Master's Programs, Master's Programs Directorate, MGIMO-University

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

PhD in Law, Political Scientist

Doctor of History, Professor of the Higher School of Economics

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Informational Security Problems Department of the Center for International Security at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Military Science of the Russian Federation

Master of Asian and African Studies, Socio-Economic and Political Development of Modern Asia programme, Higher School of Economics; Project Manager, Alliance Media Strategy

Head of International Projects Section, Postgraduate of World History Department of M.V. Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University

PhD in Economics, Head of the European Security Department RAS Institute of Europe

Chairman of the Federation Council Commission on Information Policy and Media Relations, RIAC Member

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

Associate Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation

President, Chairman of the Board of Sberbank of Russia

Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social, Political and Economic Problems in the 20th Century, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences

Dr. of Political Sciences, Head of Black Sea and Mediterranean Studies Centre, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor, Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

PhD in Political Studies, Associate Professor at European Studies Department, Saint Petersburg State University

Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today TV channel, editor-in-chief of international news agency "Rossiya Segodnya"

Deputy director of Department of implementation of Program for assisting compatriots in foreign residence in their voluntary resettlement to the Russian Federation of Ministry of Regional Development of Russia