Experts

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

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

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

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

Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

MGIMO University

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

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

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS

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

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

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