Experts

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

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

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

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

Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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