Experts

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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

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

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

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, Director of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg

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

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