Experts

PhD in Political Science

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Doctor of History, Professor of the Comparative Political Studies Department at MGIMO-University

MGIMO-University

Senior Lecturer, Department of International Economic Relations and External Economic Links, MGIMO University

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies

PhD in Political Science

Doctor of History, Director of the Center for the Study of the Contemporary Balkan crisis of the RAS Institute of Slavic Studies, Academician of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences

Ph.D in Political Science, Foreign Affairs Analyst

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

Professor of International Politics, Tufts University

Ph.D. in Political Science; Professor, Institute of International Relations at Pyatigorsk State University

Research Fellow at the Department of Modern History of Central and Southeast Europe, Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Former senior Australian diplomat

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Deputy Director, Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences, of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the Association for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation

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 Political Science, associate professor at the Department of World Politics, MGIMO University

Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy of Russia, MGIMO-University

Director of Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industry Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Professor

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Department of Asian and African Studies; Researcher, Center for Comprehensive Chinese Studies and Regional Projects at MGIMO University

Candidate of History, Assistant Professor, Oriental Political Studies Dept. Institute for African and Asian Studies Moscow State University

Ph.D. in Technical Sciences, Deputy Director of the Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director of the Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Development Research, Institute of Economics and Utility Regulation, Higher School of Economics

Senior Research Fellow, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

Researcher at Ankara based think-tank International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)