Experts
Ph.D. in International Relations, Deputy Director of Institute for Iran & Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Lecturer at University of Tehran
Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor, School of International Regional Studies, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), Research Fellow, International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)
Ph.D. in Law, Research Fellow at Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies, the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Doctor of History, Professor of the Higher School of Economics
PhD in Economics, Associate Professor of the World Economy Department, Academic Head of the World Economy Undergraduate Program at HSE- University
PhD in History, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Science
Assistant Professor at the Odintsovo branch, MGIMO University
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
Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Chairman of the National Security Council of Georgia
PhD in Philosophy, Expert in Latin languages
Ph.D. in Political Science, Head, Center for Social and Political Research, Institute for the Development of Integration Processes, Russian Foreign Trade Academy, Associate Professor, Financial University
Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy
PhD in Political Science, Independent Analyst
Temporary – Assistant Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)
Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club
Ph.D., Associate Director of and Research Professor at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University
PhD in Political Science, Senior Lecturer, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University
Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the Global Political Processes Department of the MGIMO University
Doctor of Political Science, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Kadir Has University
Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Research assistant at ISPI for the Migration Programme
PhD in history
President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)
Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council
Assistant Professor of International Relations and Strategic Studies, at the Department of International Relations, Goa University
Senior researcher at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, the Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS, associate professor at People’s Friendship University of Russia
Doctor of Political Science, Leading researcher, RAS Institute of Philosophy
PhD Candidate, Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, RAS
D.Sc., Head of the Center for U.S. Foreign Policy Studies, U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences













