Experts

Head of the Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of MGIMO-University, RIAC Member

Ph.D in History, Leading Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Editor-in-Chief of International Analytics Magazine

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

Political observer

PhD, Deputy Head, Institute of History and International Relations Saratov State University

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

Director, Center for Spatial Analysis in International Relations, MGIMO University

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

PhD in political science

Co-chairman of Polish-Russian Group on Difficult Matters, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland

Former senior Australian diplomat

Associate Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation

Ph.D. in Political Science, Founder, The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Associate Professor at University of Tehran; Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Masters of Arts candidate at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

Adviser to the Russian Trade Mission to Finland

Ph. D., Assistant Professor of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the Higher School of Economics; research fellow at the RAS Institute of Latin American Studies; research fellow at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Sciences, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Research Fellow at the Center of Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, RAS Vice-President, RAS Full Member

PhD in Philosophy, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Science

President of the Russian-American Council of Business Cooperation

Chief of Moldova Department, Institute of CIS Countries

Director of Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industry Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Professor

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

President of the IMEMO, RAS Full Member, Chairman of the RIAC Scientific Council, RIAC Member.

Doctor of Political Science, Senior Researcher at the Analytical Centre of Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University

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

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal

PhD in Political Science, Independent expert