Experts

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Doctor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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

MGIMO University, Professor; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

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

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

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

Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

PhD in History, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the HSE University, RIAC Member

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

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

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