Experts

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

MGIMO University, Professor; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club

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

Independent Analyst

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University