Experts

Deputy Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies (IFES) Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

PhD in Philology, Associate professor, Mass-Media Institute, Russian State University for the Humanities, RIAC Expert

PhD in Economics

Researcher at Ankara based think-tank International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)

Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, School of Asian Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Academic Director, SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies

Independent Analyst

General and Russian History Department of the Higher School of Economics

Member of the Union of Journalists and the Union of Russian Writers, Senior Editor, Strategy of Russia magazine

PhD, Foundation Fellow in the Australian Studies Institute at Australian National University, RIAC Expert

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

PhD in Political Science, RIAC Expert

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

Foreign Policy Analyst, Assistant researcher, Forum on Geopolitics, University of Cambridge

Doctor of History, Professor, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Eurasian Studies, Diplomatic Academy of Russian Foreign Ministry

Academic Director of Siberian Federal University, RAS Full Member

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

Senior Research Fellow, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC expert

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal

Ph.D. in History, Research Associate, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. in History, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Faculty of Humanities, Novosibirsk State Technical University; Associate Professor, Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tyumen

Head of the Department "Public-Private Partnership", Faculty "Higher School of Management", Financial University, RIAC Member

PhD in Economics, Head of the Production Support Department at Gazpromneft-Sakhalin

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

Co-chairman of Polish-Russian Group on Difficult Matters, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland

PhD in History, Associate Professor at Chernyshevsky National Research Saratov State University, RIAC Expert

Chief of Moldova Department, Institute of CIS Countries

Deputy Director of the Centre for comprehensive European and international studies, Deputy Director of research programs at the Council on foreign and defense policy. Member of the RIAC.

Ph.D. in History, Deputy Director for Science of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS, Head of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS, RIAC Member

President and CEO of Vegarus Group Africa Business Initiative, Eurasian Economic Cooperation organization, CEO of the International Coordination Council of Alumni (INCORVUZ) FISU Executive Committee Member

Head of Trade Policy Department of Russian APEC Study Centre at RANEPA

Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, International Crisis Group