Experts

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

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Political Analyst

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

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