Experts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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