Experts

A violent end to the Libyan crisis also seems unlikely in the near term, as the forces in the country’s east will have trouble organizing an effective attack on Tripoli without the support of Russia, whose military has other things in sight

PhD, Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia)

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor of the World Economy Department, Academic Head of the World Economy Undergraduate Program at HSE- University, RIAC expert

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

Political Scientist

Ph.D. in diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

Ph.D. in History, Associate professor, Department of Diplomacy, Vice-Rector for HR Policy, MGIMO University

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University, RIAC Expert

Correspondent, Expert magazine, Research fellow of the RAS U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute

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

Member of the Scientific Council, Chairman of the Religion, Society, and Security Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

Dean of Social Sciences Department at Higher School of Economics, Professor, RIAC member.

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Doctor of Political Science, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America

Ph.D. in History, Research Associate, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

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

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

University of Birmingham

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

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

RIAC Expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

Professor of Higher Education at the University of Oxford, Director of the ESRC/OFSRE Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), Editor-in-Chief of Higher Education, Professorial Associate of the Melbourne Centre for Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, and Lead Researcher at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow

Dr. of Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow RAS INION, Professor, MGIMO University, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Honorary President, Russian Political Science Association

Independent Analyst

Director of the Institute of Asia and Africa of MSU , RIAC Member