Meet the | Speakers

Samuel Greene

Head, King's Global Institutes; Director, King's Russia Institute, King's College London

Guan Guihai

Associate Dean, School of International Studies, Peking University

Birgit Hansl

Lead Economist for the Russian Federation, and Country Sector Coordinator in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network, Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank

R. Bruce Hitchner

Professor of Classics and International Relations and Director, Peace and Justice Studies Program, Tufts University; Chair, Dayton Peace Accords Project

Igor Istomin

Lecturer, Department of Applied Analysis of International Crises, MGIMO; Executive Editor, International

Lt. Gen Arlen Jameson

(USAF, ret.) Former Deputy Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Strategic Command; Vice Chairman, Air Force Academy Board of Visitors

Shiv Khemka

Vice Chairman of SUN Group; Director, SUN’s Investment and Entrepreneurial Activities, Russia and Ukraine

Member, World Economic Forum Davos Forum’s “Foreign Business Leaders’ Council” for Russia; Co-Founder, Council of the Moscow School of Management “Skolkovo;” Chairman, Russia Country Committee, Confederation of Indian Industry

Michael Khodarkovsky

Professor of Russian History, Loyola University, Chicago

Author, Bitter Choices: Loyalty and Betrayal in the Russian Conquest of the North Caucasus

Michael Kofman

Russia/Eurasia Security and Defense Public Policy Scholar, Kennan Institute, Wilson Center; Adviser, Military-to-Military Engagements, National Defense University

Kirill Koroteev

Senior Lawyer, Memorial Human Rights Centre, Moscow