Experts

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

MGIMO University

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

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

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

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

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

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

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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