Participant Biographies

Walter Lohman

Walter Lohman

Director of Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation
Energy and Oil in the Middle East (Moderator)

Mr. Lohman is Director of The Heritage Foundation’s Asi […]

Simon Long

Simon Long

Asia Editor/Columnist, The Economist
Think Tanks and Crisis: How Can the Policy Research Community Help Cope with Major Crisis? (Moderator)

Mr. Long is “Banyan”, The Economist’s Asia columnist. H […]

Alexander Lukin

Alexander Lukin

Director, Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Russia

Dr. Lukin is the Director of the Center for East Asian […]

Kenneth?Luongo

Kenneth?Luongo

President, founder of the Partnership for Global Security (PGS)
The 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit and Beyond

Mr. Luongo is the President and founder of the Partners […]

Vladimir Matveev

Vladimir Matveev

Leading Research Scholar, Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Regionalism in Central Asia and the Politics of Energy

Dr. Matveev is the Leading Research Scholar of the Cent […]

Rory?Medcalf

Director of International Security Program , Lowy Institute

Rory Medcalf is Director of the International Security […]

Rory Medcalf

Rory Medcalf

Director of International Security Program , Lowy Institute
India and China: Collision or Collusion?

Rory Medcalf is Director of the International Security […]

Andranik Migranyan

Andranik Migranyan

Director, Institute for Democracy and Cooperation, Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Leadership Transition in Russia: Continuity or Change?

Professor Migranyan, a member of the Russian Academy of […]

Vasily?Mikheev

Vasily?Mikheev

Vice President , Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)
Crisis on the Korean Peninsula

Vasily V. Mikheev is the Vice President of the Institut […]

Miyamoto Satoru

Associate Professor, Seigakuin University

Dr. Miyamoto is an Associate Professor at Seigakuin Uni […]