Authors
Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club
Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney
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
Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University
Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State
Institute of Oriental Studies
Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom
Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry
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
Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy
PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association
Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University
Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”
Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge
PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)
Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences
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
Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning
MGIMO University
Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president
Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University
Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program
Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
International Security expert, MA in International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris/MGIMO
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation
Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club
Ph.D. in Economics, School of Management, St. Petersburg State University
Political Analyst
Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl
Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant
PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University
















