Experts

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), Head of the Country Studies Department, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of European Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Political Analyst

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

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

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

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

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

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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