Experts

Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine, Chairman of the Presidium of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, RIAC Member.

Political Scientist

Doctor of History, professor, RAS Full Member, Head of the Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnology of the Peoples of the Far-East, Far-Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, Andrew Derbenev is a Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and an Associate Professor in Moscow State Pedagogical University

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

PhD in Political Studies, Associate Professor at European Studies Department, Saint Petersburg State University

MGIMO University

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor at IR Department, Far Eastern Federal University, Adjunct Professor at the North-East Asia Research Center, Jilin University, China

Dean of the Faculty of International Relations and Foreign Area Studies of the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC member.

President, Synergia Foundation

Research Consultant, Chintan Research Foundation, New Delhi, Senior Research Fellow & PhD Candidate, Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of World Politics, Faculty of International Relations, Director of World Politics Master’s Program, St. Petersburg State University

PhD in History, Senior Fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Dr. of Economics, Professor of International Economic Relations and Foreign Economic Relations MGIMO University

PhD Professor, University of the Philippines (ret.), Executive Director, Center for Political and Democratic Reforms, Inc.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

Dual Master in International Public Management (Sciences Po Paris) and International Security (MGIMO)

Dr. of Geography, Professor of Economics, Head of the Center for Northern and Arctic Economies

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow, Professor, Department of World Economy and Global Finance, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

PhD in Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies,HSE University, RIAC Member

Academic Director, SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies

Dr. of Political Science, Director Research Center, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor at the Faculty of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Executive Director of Gorchakov Foundation for Public Diplomacy Support, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Д.и.н., Doctor of History, Professor, Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO University