Experts

Lead researcher and head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Unit at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Moscow

PhD in Economics, Head of the Production Support Department at Gazpromneft-Sakhalin

Dr. of Political Science, Director Research Center, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor at the Faculty of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

PhD fellow at the Chair of International Law, PFUR Law School

Editor of Russian Information Agency “Novosti” (RIANOVOSTI)

Head of Research, The European Geopolitical Forum

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

PhD in Philosophy, Film critic

PhD. in History, Research Fellow, Center for Middle East Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)

University of Birmingham

Ph.D., Leading Expert, Military-Political Studies Center, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

PhD in Political Science, associate professor at the Department of World Politics, MGIMO University

Editor-in-Chief of "International Affairs" journal

PhD in History, Leading Researcher, Department of Korea and Mongolia, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Professor, Doctor of Economics, Head of the Economics Department at the CIS Institute, Leading Research Fellow at the RAS Institute of Economics

PhD, Economics. Center for Military and Industrial Policy Institute for US and Canadian Studies

Doctor of Sociology, Professor of the Sociology Faculty of St. Petersburg State University

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

Associate Professor of International Relations, Koç University (Turkey)

Special Representative of Russian President on International Cultural Cooperation. Ambassador-at-Large. RIAC member.

Member of the Union of Journalists and the Union of Russian Writers, Senior Editor, Strategy of Russia magazine

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, World Politics Department MGIMO-University

Ambassador, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1996-1998)

President of World Russian Press Foundation (WARP Foundation), professor, RIAC member

Co-Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former U.S. Senator, United States

Ph.D. in Political Science, Leading Research Fellow, Head of the Center for Italian Studies, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, RAS Vice-President, RAS Full Member

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

PhD in History, Economic Theory Department of the MGIMO University

PhD in Political Science, head of the post-Soviet countries’ economic development section at the Institute of Economics, RAS