Experts

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

Political Analyst

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

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

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

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

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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 Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

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