Experts

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

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

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

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

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

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

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

Senior Fellow, Energy, Investment and Connectivity, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

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

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

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