Experts

International Security expert, MA in International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris/MGIMO

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

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

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

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

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

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

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

Doctor of Sciences in History, Rector, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

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

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