Experts

Ph.D in History, Professor of MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert

Independent Expert

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

CEO and co-founder of Hozint - Horizon Intelligence, founder and director of the International Security Observer

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department of Political Science at the Higher School of Economics National Research University Campus in St. Petersburg, Assistant at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

PhD in History, Associate Professor, Department of Post-Soviet Countries, Russian State University for the Humanities, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Post-Soviet and Interregional Studies

Andrei Kelin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, RIAC Member

Doctor of History, Professor of Russian University of Peoples’ Friendship, Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, Associate Professor of the Department of International Business at the Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in History, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Faculty of Humanities, Novosibirsk State Technical University; Associate Professor, Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tyumen

PhD in Political Science, Senior Lecturer, Department of Applied International Analysis, MGIMO University

Academic Director, SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies

Independent analyst

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in Political Science, Research Fellow, IMEMO RAS

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

Head of the Joint Department with the RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies at the HSE University, RIAC member

Head of international contacts and press relations service of the Gorbachev Foundation. Foreign affairs expert and journalist

Ph.D, Senior lecturer at People’s Friendship University of Russia

PhD (Political Science), Senior Research Fellow, RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

PhD in History, Director of the TSU Confucius Institute, Associate Professor, Department of World Politics, Faculty of Historical and Political Studies, Tomsk State University

Former Deputy National Security Advisor and Former Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation

PhD in History, Research Fellow at the Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University

PhD in History, Head of IMEMO RAN Department, Professor of MGIMO University

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Chairman of the National Security Council of Georgia