Experts

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

MGIMO University

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

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

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

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

Political Analyst

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

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

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

Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), Head of the Country Studies Department, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of European Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

Institute of Oriental Studies

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member