Experts

Doctor of Science, Professor, Head of the Department of European law, MGIMO-University

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

Doctor of Economy, Professor of MGIMO, Chief Scientific Fellow of the Far East Institute of RAS

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, co-founder of the Vatfor project

PhD., HSE Professor

PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology of Political Processes, Faculty of Sociology, MSU

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head, Center for Social and Political Research, Institute for the Development of Integration Processes, Russian Foreign Trade Academy, Associate Professor, Financial University

Doctor of Economy, Professor, Professor, Member of the Global Migration Policy Associates

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Center for Global Studies & International Relations at the Diplomatic Academy under the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Independent analyst

PhD in History, independent journalist

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

PhD in Political Science, Director of the Centre for Science Diplomacy and Advanced Academic Initiatives, Institute for International Studies of MGIMO University

PhD, Institute of Asian and African Studies

Political observer

President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)

Doctor of Political Science, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America

Ph.D., Leading Expert, Military-Political Studies Center, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

Doctor of History, Head of the Research Center of International Relations, RAS Institute of Sociology

Doctor of Political Sciences, Head of Center of Socio-Political Studies ISKRAN

Ph.D. of Law, Senior Research Fellow, Deputy Director, Institute for Global Governance Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Study (SIIS)

Ambassador (rtd), President, Munich Security Conference Foundation; and former State Secretary, German Federal Foreign Office, Germany

PhD in Economics, MBA, Lead Research Fellow (Center for International Economic Relations Studies), Institute for Finance and Economic Research, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Senior Officer, International Arctic The Pew Charitable Trusts

Professor of Foreign Regions Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Expert on history of CEE countries

PhD in Economics, Leading Researcher at Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Transitional – Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)