Authors
Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State
Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program
Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl
Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member
Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member
Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom
Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University
Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant
Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels
Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Political 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
Independent Analyst
Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry
Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club
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
Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member
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
Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation
PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University
Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning
Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation
Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)
Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”
Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA
Institute of Oriental Studies
Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club
Ph.D. in Economics, School of Management, St. Petersburg State University
Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand





















