Experts

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

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

MGIMO University

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

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

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

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

Political Analyst