Experts

Ph. D., Executive Vice President of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University

Researcher at Energy and Security Center, Eugeny Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Expert at the Institute of the Middle East, graduate of International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy at MGIMO

Senator of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Senior Lecturer at the Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation (SUAI); Adviser to the Chair of the St. Petersburg Government Committee for External Relations

Editor-in-Chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine

Assistant Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern History, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert

PhD in History, Head of IMEMO RAN Department, Professor of MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Director of the Civil Diplomacy Fund, Ukraine

Professor, Fudan University, Beijing Club for International Dialogue, Senior Expert

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Research Fellow, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

MGIMO-University

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

President of the The Piatigorsky Foundation, RIAC Member

Former First Deputy Chief of the Military Science Department, Russian Armed Forces General Staff

Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social, Political and Economic Problems in the 20th Century, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. from Duisburg University, Senior Advisor of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Professor, Doctor of Law; president of the Chair of International Law at the People’s Friendship University of Russia; member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

PhD in Law, Senior Research Fellow, IMEMO RAN

PhD in History, Researcher at the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

Research assistant at ISPI for the Migration Programme

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Chairman of the National Security Council of Georgia

PhD in Economics, Head of Department of Assessment and Coordination of International and Duel Master's Degree Programs, MGIMO-University, MFA of Russia

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