Experts

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

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

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

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 History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

Political Analyst

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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