Experts

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

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

MGIMO University

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment