Valdai Club

The 2nd Russia-Kazakhstan Expert Forum of the Valdai Discussion Club and the Kazakhstan Council on International Relations will be held in Astana (Kazakhstan) on May 10-11, 2018.

Speakers:

1. Yerlan Karin - Chairman of the Kazakhstan Council on International Relations

2. Andrey Bystritskiy - Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

3. Timofei Bordachev - Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club
   

4. Georgy Toloraya - Executive Director of the Russian National Committee on BRICS Research, Director of the Center for Asian Strategy at the Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

5. Timur Shaimergenov - Deputy Minister of Defense and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan

6. Alexei Kupriyanov - Researcher of the Sector of International Organizations and Global Political Regulation of the Department of International Political Problems at the IMEMO, Russian Academy of Science

7. Vyacheslav Dodonov - Chief research fellow of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

8. Elena Kuzmina - Head of the Section of the Center of the Post-Soviet Studies at the IMEMO, Russian Academy of Sciences

9. Marat Shibutov - Senior expert of the Center for Military and Strategic Studies

10. Darmen Sadvakasov - Managing partner of the Dasco Consulting Group

11. Konstantin Syroezhkin - Chief research fellow of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

12. Vasily Kashin - Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics; Research Fellow, Institute of the Russian Far East

13. Iskander Akylbayev - Executive Director of Kazakhstan Council on International Relations

14. Alexei Bezborodov - General director of the InfraNews agency

15. Anuar Ayazbekov - Director of the Institute of Diplomacy at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the the Republic of Kazakhstan

16. Ivan Safranchuk - Associate professor, MGIMO University

17. Dmitry Suslov - Deputy Director at the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics

18. Askar Nursha - Foreign policy and security expert, independent researcher

19. Baurzhan Tolegenov - Chief editor of the Sayasat analytical platform

20. Andrey Chebotarev - Director of the Alternative research center