Experts

Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Relations with International Organisations, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, Senior Lecturer, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Department of Asian and African Studies; Researcher, Center for Comprehensive Chinese Studies and Regional Projects at MGIMO University

Dr., Head of the Center for Comparative Eurasia Studies and Surveys, CEASS-Vienna

Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, co-founder of the Vatfor project

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

Ph.D in Political Science, Expert on International Affairs and Russia–Turkey Relations

PhD in Law, PhD of Potsdam University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Informational Security Problems Department of the Center for International Security at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Military Science of the Russian Federation

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

Ph.D. (History), Head of the Department of Ethno-Political Conflict at the Institute of Europe under the Russian Academy of Sciences

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

M.A. Candidate, International Economics and Energy, Resources & Environment, Johns Hopkins University

Ph.D. in History

PhD in History, Associate Professor, Department of Post-Soviet Countries, Russian State University for the Humanities, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Post-Soviet and Interregional Studies

Ph.D., Professor of Political Ideas and Institutions, Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Former British diplomat

MA in International Studies and Diplomacy, Political Risk Analyst

PhD in Technical Sciences, Founder, Aigents, Architect, SingularityNET

Ph.D. in Political Science, Deputy Director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), HSE University

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator

MA, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

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

Assistant Professor at the Odintsovo branch, MGIMO University

Ph.D. in History; Senior Research Fellow, Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Studies, MGIMO University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Associate Professor, School of International Affairs, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics National Research University

MGIMO University

Ph.D. in History, Deputy Chair of the Post-Soviet Foreign Countries Department at the Russian State University for the Humanities

Senior Officer, International Arctic The Pew Charitable Trusts

Independent expert