Experts

Member of the Federation Council Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on International Affairs

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

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

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Strategic Planning Studies, IMEMO

Ph.D., assistant professor of Russian history, Urals Federal University

Expert in the Foreign Policy and Security division at the Center for Strategic Research

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of IMEМО RAS, Professor of MGIMO University, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Leading research worker with the Center for Global Problems at the Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University, professor of linguistic semantics at Moscow State Linguistic University

Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico and Founding President of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations - COMEXI

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head, Center for Social and Political Research, Institute for the Development of Integration Processes, Russian Foreign Trade Academy, Associate Professor, Financial University

Director of the Department for Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

President, Chairman of the Board of Sberbank of Russia

Ph.D in History, Professor of MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

PhD in History, Deputy Dean of the History Faculty, Moscow State University, RIAC expert

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

Analyst at MGIMO Institute for International Studies (IMI MGIMO)

Academic Director, SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies

Founder of the SIKHA Foundation, lecturer at the Tbilisi State University

Director of the Department of the Government Support of Periodical Press and Book Industry, Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

PhD in Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at Center for Global Issues, Institute for International Studies of MGIMO–University

MA, Higher School of Economics, RIAC expert and blogger

Retired Councellor RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Commodore, Former Strategy Director in the British Embassy in Afghanistan, author of Strategy for Action: Using Force Wisely in the 21st Century

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS