Experts

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

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

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

RIAC Expert

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

MGIMO University

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

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

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

Political Analyst, RIAC Expert

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

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

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Chair of the Board of Trustees and Directors of the European Leadership Network; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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