Experts

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

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

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Political Analyst

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

Institute of Oriental Studies

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program

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

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

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