Experts

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

Ph.D. (History), Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Political Science, RIAC Expert

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

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

PhD in History, Professor at Chair of Theory and History of International Relations, Boris Yeltsin Urals Federal University

Assistant Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern History, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

Deputy director and senior fellow with the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Political observer

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

PhD. in History, Research Fellow, Center for Middle East Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)

Dual Master in International Public Management (Sciences Po Paris) and International Security (MGIMO), RIAC Expert

PhD in History, Senior research fellow, The Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Expert

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of MFA, Russia

PhD in Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at Center for Global Issues, Institute for International Studies of MGIMO–University

Research fellow at Insitute of Latin Anerica of RAS

Associate Professor, Università Roma TRE

Dr. of Political Science, Director Research Center, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor at the Faculty of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Member of the Committee on defense and security of The Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC member.

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

Transitional – Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

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

Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today TV channel, editor-in-chief of international news agency "Rossiya Segodnya"

Master of Asian and African Studies, Socio-Economic and Political Development of Modern Asia programme, Higher School of Economics; Project Manager, Alliance Media Strategy; RIAC Expert

Aide to the President of the Russian Federation

Editor in chief, PIRC

Retired Councellor RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs

PhD in Political Science, Professor at the Faculty of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University, RIAC expert