Experts

Senior researcher at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, the Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS, associate professor at People’s Friendship University of Russia

Independent Expert

HSE University Student

PhD in Political Science, head of the post-Soviet countries’ economic development section at the Institute of Economics, RAS

Doctor of History, Leading Expert in the MGIMO ASEAN Centre

Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, co-founder of the Vatfor project

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

PhD, Senior Lecturer in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics, Deputy Director of the Princess Dashkova Russia Center, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

PhD in Economics, Head of the Production Support Department at Gazpromneft-Sakhalin

PhD in History, Research Fellow with the Crisis Society Study Centre

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Professor at the Diplomacy Department at MGIMO Russia, Chief Research Fellow of the Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Academic Director of Siberian Federal University, RAS Full Member

D.Sc. in Law, Professor, Department of European Law, MGIMO University; Professor, Institute of Management and Territorial Development, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Doctor of Sciences in Economics, Professor, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academic Director of the Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering within the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in Political Science, Professor, Department of World Politics at MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, RIAC member

PhD Candidate, University of Otago, New Zealand

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, RIAC Member

Dr. of Political Science, Director Research Center, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor at the Faculty of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Independent Analyst

Doctor of History, Professor at MGIMO-University

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

Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Witology, Chairman of Board of League of Independent Experts

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)