Experts

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

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

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

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

Independent Analyst

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Political Analyst

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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