Experts

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

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

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

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

Independent Analyst

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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

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

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

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

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

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

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

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

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