Experts

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

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

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

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

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

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

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

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Ph.D. in Economics, School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

International Security expert, MA in International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris/MGIMO

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

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