Experts

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

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

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)

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

Doctor of Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

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

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

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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