Experts

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Independent Analyst

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

MGIMO University

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

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

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

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

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

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

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

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

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