Experts

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

Political Analyst

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

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

MGIMO University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

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

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

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

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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