Experts

Former Deputy National Security Advisor and Former Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation

Head of the Department of Science and Innovation at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Senior Fellow at the Laboratory of International Process Analysis at MGIMO under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Middle East Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations under the Russian Academy of Sciences

Independent Expert

Graduated in Political Science to the Catholic University of the Sacread Heart (Milan)

Ph.D. in Political Science, Founder, The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Associate Professor at University of Tehran; Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

PHD Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Doctor of Philosophy, Head of the Center for British Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS)

Former Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization

President of World Russian Press Foundation (WARP Foundation), professor, RIAC member

Ph.D. in Economic Sciences, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Economics and Finance, IDIP RFTA; Senior Research Fellow, Russian Center for APEC Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Deputy Head, CCEIS Asia-Pacific Department, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Ph.D. in History, RIAC Member

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

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

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, RIAC Member

Scientific director of the Lobachevsky Sate University of Nizhny Novgorod

PhD, Institute of Asian and African Studies

Director of the Center for advanced studies of national security of Russia, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Weapons Expert, Former UN inspector in Iraq, Creator of Russian chemical weapons destruction technologies

Third Secretary, Press-Attaché of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ankara

Research Fellow of the Euro-Atlantic Security Center at MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Leading Research Fellow, Head of the Center for Italian Studies, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Associate Professor of International Relations, Koç University (Turkey)

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, Theology Department, Urals State Mining University

PhD, Project Coordinator of “Greece, Cyprus, Egypt & Israel: Opportunities and Restrictions of a Mediterranean Coalition” Project at the International Relations Institute of Athens

Doctor of Economy, Professor of MGIMO, Chief Scientific Fellow of the Far East Institute of RAS