Experts

Independent Analyst

PhD in History, Deputy Dean of the History Faculty, Moscow State University

Doctor of Sciences, Professor, Faculty of Law, HSE University, RIAC Member

Temporary – Assistant Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

Senior Fellow and Vice President at the Observer Research Foundation

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, professor at Saint Petersburg state university

Dr., Head of the Center for Comparative Eurasia Studies and Surveys, CEASS-Vienna

Special Representative of Russian President on International Cultural Cooperation. Ambassador-at-Large. RIAC member.

PhD in Political Science, Research Centre for International and Regional Politics (Saint-Petersburg), Project Coordinator, Euroacademy (Tallinn), professor

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Informational Security Problems Department of the Center for International Security at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Military Science of the Russian Federation

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, Academic Secretary at the Institute of Latin American Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Junior Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Head of the Mongolia Unit, Senior Researcher at the Korea and Mongolia Division, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

President of World Russian Press Foundation (WARP Foundation), professor, RIAC member

PhD in Political Science, head of the post-Soviet countries’ economic development section at the Institute of Economics, RAS

Doctor of Economy, Professor of MGIMO, Chief Scientific Fellow of the Far East Institute of RAS

Post-Graduate Researcher at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Expert of the Institute for Contemporary International Studies

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

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

Graduated in Political Science to the Catholic University of the Sacread Heart (Milan)

D.Sc. (politics), Professor, North (Arctic) Federal University

Leading Specialist, Marketing Department, Rosatom Energy Projects

Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine, Chairman of the Presidium of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, RIAC Member.

PhD in Hystory, Assistant Professor of MGIMO University

Professor, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University, RIAC member