Experts

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

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels