Experts

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

Political Analyst

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

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

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

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

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

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

Independent Analyst

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

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

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”

PhD in History, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the HSE University, RIAC Member