Experts

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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

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

Senior Fellow, Energy, Investment and Connectivity, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

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

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

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

MGIMO University

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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