Experts

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

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