Experts

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

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

MGIMO University

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

PhD in History, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the HSE University, RIAC Member

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

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

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

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 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

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

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

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