Experts

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

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

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

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

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

Ph.D in Economics, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute for Europe, Head of the Country and Regional Researches Department, Head of the German Research Center

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

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