Experts

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, RIAC Member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Institute of Oriental Studies

Political Analyst

PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

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

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

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

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

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

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

MGIMO University

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

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

Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal