Experts

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Chair of the Board of Trustees and Directors of the European Leadership Network; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

RIAC Expert

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

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

Ph.D in Economics, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute for Europe, Head of the Country and Regional Researches Department, Head of the German Research Center

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

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

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

Doctor of Sciences in History, Rector, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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