Experts

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

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

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, RIAC Member

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

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge

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

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

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

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

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

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

PhD in History, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the HSE University, RIAC Member

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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, Energy, Investment and Connectivity, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations