Experts

President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr.Sc. (Econ.), Professor, Director of the RAS Institute for African Studies, RIAC Member

President of World Russian Press Foundation (WARP Foundation), professor, RIAC member

RIAC Expert

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal

Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, International Crisis Group

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

Ph.D. from Duisburg University, Senior Advisor of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Associate Professor, Senior researcher at the Сenter for civilizational and regional studies of the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Member of the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Scientists (WSWF), RIAC Expert

Journalist, Sinologist

Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative, RIAC Expert

Director of the Department for Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Research fellow at Insitute of Latin Anerica of RAS

PhD in Political Science, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, RIAC member

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

Analyst at MGIMO Institute for International Studies (IMI MGIMO)

RAS Full Member, RIAC member

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Director of the Research Institute for European and American Studies based in Athens, Greece

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert, RIAC Expert

PhD in Economics, Head of the innovative direction at the Interdepartmental Analytical Center

Deputy Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics

Founder and Chairman, CeNext Consulting Group, New Delhi

Ph.D. in History; Senior Research Fellow, Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Studies, MGIMO University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Associate Professor, School of International Affairs, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics National Research University

Former Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation

PhD in Geography, Head of the laboratory, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting