Experts

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

MGIMO University, Professor; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

MGIMO University

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

Ph.D in Economics, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute for Europe, Head of the Country and Regional Researches Department, Head of the German Research Center

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

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Chair of the Board of Trustees and Directors of the European Leadership Network; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

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

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