Experts

Research Fellow of the Euro-Atlantic Security Center at MGIMO University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

PhD in Economics, Head of Department of Assessment and Coordination of International and Duel Master's Degree Programs, MGIMO-University, MFA of Russia

PhD in Political Science

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

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

Rector of the Far Eastern Federal University (2012–2016), RIAC member.

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

President of the The Piatigorsky Foundation, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies,HSE University, RIAC Member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of International Research, MGIMO University, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Center for Middle East Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS; Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Economic Geography of Asian and African countries, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University

PhD, Post-doctoral Research Fellow WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Research Fellow Cambridge Central Asia Forum

Associate Professor, Università Roma TRE

Candidate of History, Assistant Professor, Oriental Political Studies Dept. Institute for African and Asian Studies Moscow State University

Ph.D., Kant Institute Deputy Director, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

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

Former Defense Secretary and Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Academic Director of Siberian Federal University, RAS Full Member

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal

Ph.D. in Political Science; Professor, Institute of International Relations at Pyatigorsk State University

PhD in Philology, Associate professor, Mass-Media Institute, Russian State University for the Humanities

Ph.D. in Political Sciences, Research Fellow, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

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

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

Ph.D. of Economics, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

Former senior Australian diplomat

PhD in History, Deputy Dean of the MGIMO University