Experts

Ph.D. (Military Sciences), Col. Gen. (Ret.), Research Professor, Advanced National Security Studies Center, Expert Institute, Higher School of Economics National Research University, Moscow

Master of Science (Econ) from Copenhagen Business School, University degree in Spanish Culture and Languages from University of Copenhagen

PhD in Economics, Independent expert

PhD in Philosophy, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Science

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at SIPRI, RIAC Expert

Ph.D. in History, Head of India Studies at the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Russian International Affairs Council Expert, Member of Space Generation Advisory Council

RIAC Expert

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University, RIAC Expert

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University, RIAC Expert

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor at MGIMO-University Integration Processes Department

Doctor of Political Science, Professor of the Diplomacy Department of the MGIMO University

Postgraduate at International and European Law Department, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Ph.D. in Law, Associate Professor at the Department of State and Law Theory, International Law and Comparative Legal Studies, Voronezh State University; Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Public Administration Technologies at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

Expert at the Middle East Institute, RIAC Expert

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

Co-Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former U.S. Senator, United States

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Center for Middle East Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS; Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Economic Geography of Asian and African countries, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Director of Wider Europe Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Doctor of Political Science, Head of the Regional Research Department of Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences

Tutor of business, law and social sciences at Kaplan International College, Affiliated Faculty at University College London

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher at the RAS Institute of African Studies, RIAC Expert

Rector of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the RF MFA, RAS Full Member, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Member of the State Duma, the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Management Board of Russkiy Mir Foundation, Dean of Public Administration Faculty of the Moscow State University, RIAC Member

Independent Analyst

Political Analyst

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

General Director, International Institute for the Development of Scientific Cooperation (MIRNaS)