Experts

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

RIAC Expert

Political Analyst, RIAC Expert

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Independent Analyst

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

Ph.D. (History), Professor, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University, RIAC Expert

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

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

RIAC Expert

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

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

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

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

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

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

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

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

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

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

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

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

MGIMO University, Professor; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club