Experts

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Political Analyst, RIAC Expert

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

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

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

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

RIAC Expert

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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