Experts

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Political Analyst

Institute of Oriental Studies

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 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, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

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

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

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

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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