Experts

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

RIAC Expert

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

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

Ph.D. (History), Professor, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University, RIAC Expert

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

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Ph.D in Economics, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute for Europe, Head of the Country and Regional Researches Department, Head of the German Research Center

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

Independent Analyst

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

Political Analyst, RIAC Expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment