Experts

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Lecturer at the Saint Petersburg State University, RIAC Expert

President of the IMEMO, RAS Full Member, Chairman of the RIAC Scientific Council, RIAC Member.

President of World Russian Press Foundation (WARP Foundation), professor, RIAC member

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

MGIMO University, Professor; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club

Senior research fellow at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of International Law, Professor, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Rector of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

President and CEO of Vegarus Group Africa Business Initiative, Eurasian Economic Cooperation organization, CEO of the International Coordination Council of Alumni (INCORVUZ) FISU Executive Committee Member

Associate Professor, Political Science and International Relations, Marmara University (Turkey)

Head of Dual Master's Programs, Master's Programs Directorate, MGIMO-University

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Special Representative of Russian President on International Cultural Cooperation. Ambassador-at-Large. RIAC member.

PhD in History, Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Leading Research Fellow

PhD in Political Science; Associate Professor of the Department of Integration Processes, Senior Researcher at IMI MGIMO; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Expert

PhD in history, RIAC Expert

Doctor of History, Assistant Professor at St. Petersburg State University

Senior Lecturer, Department of International Economic Relations and External Economic Links, MGIMO University

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of Economic Research, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

PhD in Political Science, RIAC Expert

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

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

International Security expert, MA in International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris/MGIMO

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for African Studies

Associate Professor, Università Roma TRE

Professor of Foreign Regions Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Expert on history of CEE countries

Director of the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Vice President of the Council on Strategic Interaction between China and Russia at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

PhD in History, Senior Researcher in the RAS Institute of African Studies

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