Experts

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), Head of the Country Studies Department, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of European Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

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

Independent Analyst

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

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