Experts

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

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

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

MGIMO University

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

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

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

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

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