Experts

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies

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

Dr. of Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow RAS INION, Professor, MGIMO University, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Honorary President, Russian Political Science Association

Member of the Scientific Council, Chairman of the Religion, Society, and Security Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center

Ph.D. in Political Science, expert at the Centre for Crisis Society Studies (Centero)

Doctor of Political Science; Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor, Department of International Relations of the HSE University; Professor, World Economy Department, MGIMO University

Independent Analyst

Head of international contacts and press relations service of the Gorbachev Foundation. Foreign affairs expert and journalist

Deputy director and senior fellow with the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Etalon Group

Doctor of Economics, Head of the Center for Strategic Analysis and Planning, Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering within the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

PhD in Political Science, Independent Analyst

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Research Associate at the Institute for International Studies (IIS) of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

Research Fellow & Coordinator West Asia Centre, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Academic Director of Siberian Federal University, RAS Full Member

Executive Director of Gorchakov Foundation for Public Diplomacy Support, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

PhD in History, Vice Rector, HSE University, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in History, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO and Co-Founder of TSS Ltd

PhD in History, Deputy Dean of the History Faculty, Moscow State University

PhD in Political Science, Head of the Theory of Politics Section IMEMO RAN

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, World Politics Department MGIMO-University

Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today TV channel, editor-in-chief of international news agency "Rossiya Segodnya"

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

Brazilian columnist and RIAC blogger

Director of Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industry Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Professor

PhD in Philosophy, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Science