Experts

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

Independent Analyst

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

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

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

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program

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

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

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

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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