Experts

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

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

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Institute of Oriental Studies

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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 Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

RIAC Expert

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Chair of the Board of Trustees and Directors of the European Leadership Network; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

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

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

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

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

MGIMO University

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Ph.D. (History), Professor, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University, RIAC Expert

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

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, RIAC Expert

RIAC Expert

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

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