Experts

Assistant Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern History, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University

Director, HSE Institute for Educational Studies, 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

Chief economist at the VEB.RF, RIAC member.

Ph.D. in History, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

Doctor of History, Head of the Department of Oriental Studies of the MGIMO University, RIAC expert

Ph.D., senior researcher, Russia – China Centre, RAS Far East Institute

Research Director at the European Leadership Network

Ph.D. (History), Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Associate Professor, Political Science and International Relations, Marmara University (Turkey)

PhD in history, Department of Modern History and Socio-Political issues of Central and South Eastern European Countries, RAS Institute of Slavonic Studies

Ph.D in History, Senior Research Fellow, IMEMO RAN, RIAC Expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Assistant researcher at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, International Crisis Group

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

PhD in Law, Political Scientist

Former Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Head of the Research Division, Institute of Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Secretary General of the All-China Association for the Study of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia; Deputy Director of the “One Belt and One Road” Research Centre at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Researcher, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

President, Global Migration Policy Associates

BA in International Relations, Higher School of Economics

Expert at the Middle East Institute, RIAC Expert

Doctor of Political Science, Director of Center for Political Studies of the RAS Institute of Latin America, Professor of Global Processes Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University, RIAC expert

Head of Dual Master's Programs, Master's Programs Directorate, MGIMO-University

PhD in Political Science; Associate Professor of the Department of Integration Processes, Senior Researcher at IMI MGIMO; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Expert

PhD in Political Science, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head, Center for Social and Political Research, Institute for the Development of Integration Processes, Russian Foreign Trade Academy, Associate Professor, Financial University