Experts

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

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

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

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

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 Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

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

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

MGIMO University

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Institute of Oriental Studies

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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

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