Experts

PhD in History, Professor at Chair of Theory and History of International Relations, Boris Yeltsin Urals Federal University

PhD in politics, senior researcher at the Centre for British Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, expert at the RIAC

PhD in History, Researcher at the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Research Fellow at the Sino-Russian Research Center for the Digital Economy at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Ph.D., Associate Director of and Research Professor at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

Leading Specialist, Marketing Department, Rosatom Energy Projects

PhD in Political Science, Philology Faculty of Petersburg Institute of Judaic Studies

Director of Research and Information Centre, Intergovernmental Water Management Coordination Commission for Central Asia, Member of the World Water Council

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Ph.D, Head of Chair, Cybernetics and Information Security Department, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Research Nuclear University)

PhD in Philosophy, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Science

PhD in History, Associate Professor at Chernyshevsky National Research Saratov State University

Ph.D. (History), Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in history, Department of Modern History and Socio-Political issues of Central and South Eastern European Countries, RAS Institute of Slavonic Studies

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

Ph.D. (Political Science), Director of the ASEAN Centre, Associate Professor at the Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO-University

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

Vice President of the Schiller Institute USA, National Spokesman for Lyndon LaRouche

Freelance reporter based in Kolkata

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor at the Higher School of Economics

Doctor of Economics, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, RIAC Member

Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

PhD Professor, University of the Philippines (ret.), Executive Director, Center for Political and Democratic Reforms, Inc.

President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)

Director of the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Vice President of the Council on Strategic Interaction between China and Russia at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Director, HSE Institute for Educational Studies

Director of the Centre for Cross-Sectoral Expertise “Third Rome”, RIAC Member

Deputy director and senior fellow with the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)