Experts

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator

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

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

Master of Economics, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Program jointly with UIBE (Beijing): “Russian and China: Economic and Political Trends in Eurasia”

BA in International Relations, Higher School of Economics

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

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

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Chairman of Board of Trustees of RIAC

PhD in Political Science, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, RIAC member

Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding of the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, RIAC Visiting Research Fellow

PhD in History, Research Fellow with the Crisis Society Study Centre

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies under the Russian Academy of Sciences; Lecturer at MGIMO University; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, RIAC Expert

Head of the Center for International Security of IMEMO, RAS Full Member, RIAC member

Doctor of Science, Professor, Head of the Department of European law, MGIMO-University, RIAC Expert

PhD in History, Vice Rector, HSE University, RIAC Member

Research Fellow, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Sistema JSFC

Doctor of Philosophy, Head of the Center for British Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Holy See and RF Representative to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, RIAC member

Third Secretary, RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Far East Institute's Vietnam-ASEAN Research Centre under Russia's Science Academy, RIAC Expert

Former Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation

Master of Asian and African Studies, Socio-Economic and Political Development of Modern Asia programme, Higher School of Economics; Project Manager, Alliance Media Strategy; RIAC Expert

Doctor of Economics, Leading Research Fellow, RAS Institute for Latin American Studies, RIAC expert

Research Analyst, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme The International Institute for Strategic Studies