Experts

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

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

Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

Independent Analyst

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

Ph.D. (History), Professor, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University, RIAC Expert

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in Economics, School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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