Experts

Ph.D. in Economics, Head of the Sector of Economics and Politics of Japan

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

PhD in Political Science, Director of the Center for Advanced American Studies at MGIMO University; Non-resident Scholar, Conflict Resolution and Track II Dialogues Program, Middle East Institute, RIAC expert

Doctor of Historical Sciences. Deputy Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Professor at the Department of Applied International Analysis, MGIMO University

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

Lecturer at the Saint Petersburg State University, RIAC Expert

PhD in Political Science, Political Theory Department of the MGIMO University

Dr. of History, Chief Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS

Associate Professor of International Relations (ret.), University of Cyprus, RIAC Expert

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Saint-Petersburg State Mining University

Ph.D. in Technical Sciences, Deputy Director of the Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director of the Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Development Research, Institute of Economics and Utility Regulation, Higher School of Economics

Dean of Social Sciences Department at Higher School of Economics, Professor, RIAC member.

Candidate of Political Sciences, European Integration Faculty, MGIMO-University, RIAC expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Federal Republic of Germany, RIAC Member

PhD in History, Leading Researcher, Department of Korea and Mongolia, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Independent Expert

PhD, Head of Center for Russian-African Relations Studies at RAS Institute for African Studies

Research Fellow at the European Leadership Network

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Department of Central and Eastern European Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Professor and Chair, Department of International and Comparative Politics American University of Paris

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, MGIMO University

INSOR Director for International Development

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

PhD in Political Science, Philology Faculty of Petersburg Institute of Judaic Studies

Doctor in History, Professor at Department of world politics, Tomsk State University

Research fellow at the French Institute for International Relations (Paris, France)

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

PhD in History, expert at the Institute of Strategic Estimates and Analysis, Assistant Professor at the Higher School of Economics, RIAC expert

Researcher at Energy and Security Center, Eugeny Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations, RIAC Expert