Experts

Deputy director and senior fellow with the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

PhD in international relations, contributor to the German Caucasus Watch, RIAC Expert

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union

Head of Trade Policy Department of Russian APEC Study Centre at RANEPA

Ph.D. in Engineering Science, Postdoctoral researcher, International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, MGIMO University, RIAC Expert

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO and Co-Founder of TSS Ltd

PhD in Political Science, Department of International Issues Applied Analysis of the MGIMO University

Doctor of History, Professor, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Eurasian Studies, Diplomatic Academy of Russian Foreign Ministry

PhD of Political Science, Research Fellow at Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Expert

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 War Science, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of War Sciences

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the Global Political Processes Department of the MGIMO University

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

Rector of the National Research University-Higher School of Economics

Ph.D., Associate Director of and Research Professor at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

PhD in Political Science, Head of the Theory of Politics Section IMEMO RAN

Coordinator at the Reanimation Package of Reforms initiative, Ukraine

A violent end to the Libyan crisis also seems unlikely in the near term, as the forces in the country’s east will have trouble organizing an effective attack on Tripoli without the support of Russia, whose military has other things in sight

Brazilian columnist and RIAC blogger

President of the IMEMO, RAS Full Member, Chairman of the RIAC Scientific Council, RIAC Member.

Ph.D., Research Fellow:Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), HSE University, RIAC Expert

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

PhD in Geography, senior researcher, Institute of Demography HSE

Rector of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the RF MFA, RAS Full Member, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Analyst, IDIP RFTA

Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, International Crisis Group

PhD in Philosophy, Adviser to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, Asia and Middle East specialist, RIAC expert

Ph.D. in Political Science, Founder, The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Associate Professor at University of Tehran; Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran