Experts

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

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

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

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

President of the International Foreign Policy Association, Chairman of the Global Council of Foreign Ministers of Foreign Affairs, President of the Alumni Association of MGIMO-University; Viktor Blazheev — Rector of the Kutafin Moscow State Law Academy, RIAC Member

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

Institute of Oriental Studies

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

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

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

Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

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

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

Independent Analyst

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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