Experts

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

Political Analyst

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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