Experts

RIAC Expert

Assistant Professor at the University of Crete, Department of Political Science

Doctor of History, RIAC member

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

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

PhD in Political Science, Director of the Center for Advanced American Studies at MGIMO University; Non-resident Scholar, Conflict Resolution and Track II Dialogues Program, Middle East Institute, RIAC expert

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

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

Director of Research and Information Centre, Intergovernmental Water Management Coordination Commission for Central Asia, Member of the World Water Council

Academic Director, SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies

Journalist, Sinologist

Independent Analyst

Doctor of Political Science, Senior Researcher at the Analytical Centre of Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University

PhD in History, Head of the European Union Studies Department, IMEMO RAN, RIAC expert

President of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, RIAC member.

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

Andrei Kelin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, RIAC Expert

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Master’s Student, MGIMO University, RIAC Intern

Expert at the Institute of the Middle East, graduate of International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy at MGIMO

PhD in History, Theology Department, Urals State Mining University

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

PhD in Political Science, RIAC Expert

PhD Candidate in International Relations, specialist in Russian and Eurasian Affairs, Turkey