Experts

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

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

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Independent Analyst

MGIMO University

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics