Experts

Professor at Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, and leading expert at the National Energy Security Fund

Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy of Russia, MGIMO-University

Founder of the SIKHA Foundation, lecturer at the Tbilisi State University

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Head of Section of the Asia-Pacific Region Problems, IMEMO RAN

Ph.D. in Philology, Rector of Moscow State Linguistic University, RIAC Member

PhD Student, East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

PhD in Economics, Independent expert

PhD in History, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Science

Doctor of History, Head of the Afghanistan Sector of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, Professor

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Saint-Petersburg State Mining University

President of World Russian Press Foundation (WARP Foundation), professor, RIAC member

D.Sc., Head of the Center for U.S. Foreign Policy Studies, U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

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

Professor at the Diplomacy Department at MGIMO Russia, Chief Research Fellow of the Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

PhD, Foundation Fellow in the Australian Studies Institute at Australian National University

Doctor of Political Science, Professor of the Diplomacy Department of the MGIMO University

PhD in Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Regional Economic Studies, Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Candidate of Political Sciences, European Integration Faculty, MGIMO-University

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)

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

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Witology, Chairman of Board of League of Independent Experts

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

PhD in Law, Senior Research Fellow, IMEMO RAN