Experts

Vice Admiral, United States Coast Guard (retired)

Ph.D. in Philology, Rector of Moscow State Linguistic University, RIAC Member

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

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Rector of the National Research University-Higher School of Economics

Independent Analyst

Head of the Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of MGIMO-University, RIAC Member

PhD, Professor, Senior Researcher of the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences

Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of History, Head of Vishegrad centre at the RAS Institute of Europe, Head of Central and Eastern Europe studies department, RIAC expert

PhD in political science, RIAC expert

Doctor of History, Professor of the Higher School of Economics

Lecturer, Department of Legal Regulation of Fuel and Energy at the International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

Head of the Department of Science and Innovation at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Senior Fellow at the Laboratory of International Process Analysis at MGIMO under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Institute of Oriental Studies

Former Defense Secretary and Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom

Director of Inter-ethnic relations Department of Ministry of Regional Development of Russia

PhD in Technical Sciences, retired Major General, RIAC expert

Academic librarian at the University of East London

Ambassador (rtd), President, Munich Security Conference Foundation; and former State Secretary, German Federal Foreign Office, Germany

Ph.D., senior researcher, Russia – China Centre, RAS Far East Institute

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

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Oriental Studies, Director of the Asian strategy center at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head, Center for Social and Political Research, Institute for the Development of Integration Processes, Russian Foreign Trade Academy, Associate Professor, Financial University

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

Employee at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Cairo, Central Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in the 2000s, currently works in the oil and gas industry

Ambassador, Senior fellow and distinguished chair in Diplomacy and Security at the RAND Corporation