Experts

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

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

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

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

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

MGIMO University

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

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