Experts

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

MGIMO University, Professor; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

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

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney