Experts

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Independent Analyst

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

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 for Research at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), Head of the Country Studies Department, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of European Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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