Experts

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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, RIAC Member

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

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

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

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

Political Analyst

Doctor of Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

Institute of Oriental Studies

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