Experts

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

PhD in History, Researcher at the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Head of Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo), RIAC Member

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

Ph.D. in Political Sciences, Research Fellow, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

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

Dual Master in Governance and Global Affairs (MGIMO) and International Relations (LUISS)

PhD in Political Studies, Associate Professor at European Studies Department, Saint Petersburg State University

Ph.D. in History, Scientific Advisor of The Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies RAS

Political Analyst

PhD in Geography, senior researcher, Institute of Demography HSE

PhD in Political Science, Head of the Center for Regional Studies at RAS Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Researcher at the International Institutes Research Center at the Institute of Applied Economic Policies, Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

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

Political commentator, researcher and expert on Middle East affairs. President of the Moscow-based International Middle Eastern Studies Club (IMESClub)

PhD in Philosophy, Film critic

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, Head of Center for the Middle East Studies of the IMEMO, Professor of the Oriental Studies Department of the MGIMO University, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studiesof the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

PhD in History, Economic Theory Department of the MGIMO University

PhD, Senior Lecturer in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics, Deputy Director of the Princess Dashkova Russia Center, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Senior Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Chairman of the National Security Council of Georgia

Senior Research Associate at the Strategic Vision Institute (Pakistan)

Ph.D., Senior researcher at IMEMO, Russian Academy of sciences

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

Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Bilkent University (Turkey)

Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative