Experts

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the 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

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

Political Analyst

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

PhD in History, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the HSE University, RIAC Member

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

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

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

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