Experts

Political Analyst

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

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

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

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

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

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

MGIMO University

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

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

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

Independent Analyst