Experts

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

MGIMO University

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

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

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

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, 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