Experts

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

Senior Fellow, Energy, Investment and Connectivity, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

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

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

Political Analyst

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform