Experts

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

Senior research fellow at MGIMO Institute for International Studies, Center for Euroasian Studies

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president

Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative

Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, RIAC Member

President of the Center for Systems Analysis and Forecasting, Ukraine

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, Associate Professor of the Department of International Business at the Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation

President, Chairman of the Board of Sberbank of Russia

University of Birmingham

PhD in Political Science, Research Associate at the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

Research Fellow at the Sino-Russian Research Center for the Digital Economy at Lomonosov Moscow State University

PhD in Political Science, Senior Teacher at the Department of European Studies, Saint Petersburg State University

Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today TV channel, editor-in-chief of international news agency "Rossiya Segodnya"

Rector of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the RF MFA, RAS Full Member, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Head of Research, The European Geopolitical Forum

Member of the Council of the Federation, RIAC member

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Ph.D., Research Fellow, Head of the Russian Foreign Policy Research Department at the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

PhD in Technical Sciences, Founder, Aigents, Architect, SingularityNET

Dr. of Political Sciences, Head of Black Sea and Mediterranean Studies Centre, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor, Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

Doctor of History, Professor, Dean of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

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

Doctor of Political Science, Chief research fellow, Center of International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO)

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Shahid Beheshti University (Tehran)