Experts

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Ph.D. in Economics, School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

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

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Independent Analyst

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Political Analyst