Experts

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

Political Analyst

PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

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

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

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

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

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