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A violent end to the Libyan crisis also seems unlikely in the near term, as the forces in the country’s east will have trouble organizing an effective attack on Tripoli without the support of Russia, whose military has other things in sight

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

Director Emeritus of the RAS Institute of Europe, RAS Full Member

Research Fellow at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today TV channel, editor-in-chief of international news agency "Rossiya Segodnya"

PhD. in History, Research Fellow, Center for Middle East Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Dr. of Political Science, Director Research Center, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor at the Faculty of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

PhD in Political Science, Andrew Derbenev is a Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and an Associate Professor in Moscow State Pedagogical University

Director of the Institute of Asia and Africa of MSU , RIAC Member

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Professor of government and politics at George Mason University

Senior Associate, Bedell Cristin, Singapore

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the Higher School of Economics; research fellow at the RAS Institute of Latin American Studies; research fellow at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Head of Section of the Asia-Pacific Region Problems, IMEMO RAN

Member of the Committee on defense and security of The Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC member.

Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations, RIAC Expert

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues, RIAC expert

Dr., Head of the Center for Comparative Eurasia Studies and Surveys, CEASS-Vienna, RIAC Expert

Doctor of law, Professor, Assistant Rector for Research, Chairman of the Council for the coordination of international and innovation activities of the Kutafin Moscow state law University, RIAC Member

Chief economist at the VEB.RF, RIAC member.

Ph.D. in History, Academic Director of the Russian International Affairs Council, RIAC Member

Doctor of History, Director of the Center for the Study of the Contemporary Balkan crisis of the RAS Institute of Slavic Studies, Academician of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences

RIAC Expert

PhD in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council