Experts

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MGIMO University

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

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

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