Experts

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD. in Political Science, Deputy Director of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH) and Head of the IFSH’s Centre
for OSCE Research (CORE)

Ph.D in Political Science, Expert on International Affairs and Russia–Turkey Relations, RIAC expert

Political commentator, researcher and expert on Middle East affairs. President of the Moscow-based International Middle Eastern Studies Club (IMESClub), RIAC Expert

Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social, Political and Economic Problems in the 20th Century, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC expert

Research Fellow at The Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Head of Digital and Innovations Research, Associate Professor of Business Practice, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

D.Sc. in Law, Professor, Department of European Law, MGIMO University; Professor, Institute of Management and Territorial Development, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Ph.D, heads the Eastern Europe and Eurasia Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin

Head of Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo), RIAC Member

Research Director at the European Leadership Network

RIAC Expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of International Research, MGIMO University, RIAC Member

Dean of the Department of World Economics and World Politics of the National Research University-Higher School of Economics

MA in Middle Eastern Studies, RIAC Expert

Deputy General Director, Head of the Analytical Department Information Analysis Centre, Moscow State University

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

PhD in History, Senior research fellow, The Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Expert

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department of Political Science at the Higher School of Economics National Research University Campus in St. Petersburg, Assistant at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University, RIAC Expert

Senior Fellow and Vice President at the Observer Research Foundation

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

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal

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

PhD in History, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Associate Professor of International Relations (ret.), University of Cyprus, RIAC Expert