Experts

PhD in History, Political Studies Center of the RAS Institute of Economics

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

President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative, RIAC Expert

Tutor of business, law and social sciences at Kaplan International College, Affiliated Faculty at University College London

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

PhD in History, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Informational Security Problems Department of the Center for International Security at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Military Science of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in History, Deputy Director for Science of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS, Head of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS, RIAC Member

PhD in Economics, Independent expert

President of Russian State University for the Humanities, RAS Full Member, RIAC member

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

Research Fellow of the Euro-Atlantic Security Center at MGIMO University, RIAC Expert

Deputy Head, CCEIS Asia-Pacific Department, National Research University Higher School of Economics

RIAC Expert

PhD in Philology; Associate Professor; Department of the Theory of Law and Comparative Legal Science HSE

Special Representative of Russian President on International Cultural Cooperation. Ambassador-at-Large. RIAC member.

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Head of Section of the Asia-Pacific Region Problems, IMEMO RAN

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

Doctor of History, Head of the Research Center of International Relations, RAS Institute of Sociology

PhD in Politics, Center for Domestic Policy Research at RAS Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies, RIAC Expert

PhD in Political Science, Research Fellow at the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

D.Sc. (politics), Professor, North (Arctic) Federal University

MA in Middle Eastern Studies, RIAC Expert

RIAC Expert, Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Chairman, Supervisory Board, Centre for Strategic and Foreign Policy Studies (Belarus)