Experts

Lecturer at the Saint Petersburg State University

Ph.D. in Political studies, Middle East expert and Russian foreign policy analyst, MA Global Public Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

Ph.D., assistant professor of Russian history, Urals Federal University

Ph.D. in History, Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham (Malaysia)

Director, Institute for the Development of Integration Processes at the Russian Foreign Trade Academy of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation; Senior Research Fellow, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of World Politics, Faculty of International Relations, Director of World Politics Master’s Program, St. Petersburg State University

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

Deputy Head, CCEIS Asia-Pacific Department, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Independent Expert

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

Associate Professor of Political Science in the Intelligence and National Security Studies program at Coastal Carolina University

Doctor of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Middle East Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations under the Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of History, Leading Expert in the MGIMO ASEAN Centre

Doctor of History, Head of the Department of Oriental Studies of the MGIMO University

Director of EPPEN Institute & Instructor at Department of Eurasian Studies, Middle East Technical University, Ankara

Chief Economist; Advisor to the Minister for Economic Development of the Russian Federation MTS Bank

Master of Science (Econ) from Copenhagen Business School, University degree in Spanish Culture and Languages from University of Copenhagen

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

Political scientist, Chairman of the Georgian Economic Forum

Doctor of Economics, Professor, Department of International Economic Relations and Foreign Economic Relations, MGIMO University

Head of the Center for International Security of IMEMO, RAS Full Member, RIAC member

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

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

Senior researcher at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, the Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS, associate professor at People’s Friendship University of Russia

Ph.D. in Technical Sciences, Deputy Director of the Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director of the Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Development Research, Institute of Economics and Utility Regulation, Higher School of Economics

Research Fellow, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Program Coordinator and Website Editor at the Russian International Affairs Council

D.Sc. (Philosophy), professor, Head of the Chair of Political Governance, Political Science Department, St. Petersburg State University

Chairman of the Executive Committee — Executive Chairman of the CIS