Experts

Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program

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

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

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

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

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

Doctor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg

MGIMO University

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

Independent Analyst

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

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

Political Analyst

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

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

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

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

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 Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS