Experts

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

Deputy Head, Department of Political Theory, MGIMO University

Ph.D, Head of Chair, Cybernetics and Information Security Department, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Research Nuclear University)

К.и.н., заведующая Центром истории и культурной антропологии Института Африки РАН, эксперт РСМД

Major General, Strategic Advisor, Synergia Foundation

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ph.D. in Legal Sciences, Deputy Head of the Department of International Law at MGIMO University

PhD, Deputy Head, Institute of History and International Relations Saratov State University

Ph.D. in History, Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham (Malaysia)

Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today TV channel, editor-in-chief of international news agency "Rossiya Segodnya"

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, MGIMO University

Ph.D. in History, Research affiliate at the Ukrainian Research Institute (Harvard University) and the Center for International and European Studies, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Deputy Director, Analytical Center Observo, French-Russian Chamber of Commerce

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Ph.D. (Engineering), President Eurasia Heritage Foundation

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

Honorary President of the Non-Governmental Organization "Association of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation", Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Department of Central and Eastern European Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Dual Master in International Public Management (Sciences Po Paris) and International Security (MGIMO)

Analyst, IDIP RFTA

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

Director of Center for Energy and Security Studies, chief editor of Yaderny Club magazine, member of Scientific Council of the Security Council, RIAC member

PhD in History, Economic Theory Department of the MGIMO University

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

Doctor of History, Professor at MGIMO-University