Experts
Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl
Political Analyst
Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics
Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member
Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels
Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA
Independent Analyst
PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association
Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform
Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry
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
Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”
Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies
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
Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)
Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University
Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council
Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand
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
Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president
Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club
Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies
Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation
Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant
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
Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member
Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics
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
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member
Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom


















