Experts

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

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

Independent Analyst

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)

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

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

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

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

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