Experts

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. in History, Senior Research Associate, RAS Institute of Slavonic Studies

Analyst at CNA Corporation

RF state counselor, 1st class, RIAC Member

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

Doctor of History, Head of the Department of Oriental Studies of the MGIMO University

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Sciences, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Research Fellow at the Center of Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

Ph.D. in Economic Sciences, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Economics and Finance, IDIP RFTA; Senior Research Fellow, Russian Center for APEC Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Ph.D. in Political Science, Research Fellow at the Faculty of Political Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Major General, Strategic Advisor, Synergia Foundation

Ambassador, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Mexican Sherpa to the G20

Independent journalist and researcher

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

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

General Director, International Institute for the Development of Scientific Cooperation (MIRNaS)

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ph.D. in Legal Sciences, Deputy Head of the Department of International Law at MGIMO University

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor of the World Economy Department, Academic Head of the World Economy Undergraduate Program at HSE- University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

PhD in Political Science, Andrew Derbenev is a Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and an Associate Professor in Moscow State Pedagogical University

Political Analyst

Vice Chairman - Foreign Relations, Karachi Council on Foreign Relations

Former Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization

Head of Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo), RIAC Member

Ph.D, Senior lecturer at People’s Friendship University of Russia