Experts

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

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

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

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

MGIMO University

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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