Experts

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

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

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

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

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

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