Experts

Ph.D. in Economics, School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

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

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

Political Analyst

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

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

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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