Experts

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

MGIMO University

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Senior Fellow, Energy, Investment and Connectivity, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations

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

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

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

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

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

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