Experts

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Member of the Council of the Federation, RIAC Member

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

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

Head of Digital and Innovations Research, Associate Professor of Business Practice, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, RIAC Member

PhD Candidate, University of Otago, New Zealand

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

Political Analyst

Political scientist, Moldova

Economist and International Relations Analyst, Project Coordinator of “Greece, Cyprus, Egypt & Israel: Opportunities and Restrictions of a Mediterranean Coalition” at the International Relations Institute of Athens

Senior research fellow, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

Independent Expert

Research fellow at the French Institute for International Relations (Paris, France)

PhD in Economics

Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Senior researcher at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, the Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS, associate professor at People’s Friendship University of Russia

Political Analyst

Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

Ph.D. in Law, Research Fellow at Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies, the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Director of Wider Europe Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations

Analyst in charge of Former Soviet Union and Balkans Desk at Ce.S.I. Centro Studi Internazionali

Professor at the Diplomacy Department at MGIMO Russia, Chief Research Fellow of the Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Head of Research, The European Geopolitical Forum

Doctor of History, Assistant Professor at St. Petersburg State University

Master’s Student, MGIMO University, RIAC Intern

President of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, RIAC member

Temporary – Assistant Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

M.A. Candidate, International Economics and Energy, Resources & Environment, Johns Hopkins University