Experts

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

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

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

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Independent Analyst

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Political Analyst