Experts

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

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

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

Independent Analyst

Institute of Oriental Studies

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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