World Majority and World Order Models
Oleg Barabanov
Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Professor, MGIMO University; Professor, Russian Academy of Sciences
Globalization and Sovereignty
Anton Bespalov

Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; expert in international relations and journalist based in Moscow

Eurasia’s Future
Timofei Bordachev
Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic Supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)
Economic Statecraft – 2025
Ivan Timofeev
Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council,  Associate Professor at MGIMO MFA of Russia