Experts

Independent Analyst

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

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

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

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

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

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

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

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