Experts

Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

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

MGIMO University

Head of the Research Division, Institute of Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Secretary General of the All-China Association for the Study of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia; Deputy Director of the “One Belt and One Road” Research Centre at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Doctor of Economics, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, RIAC Member

PhD in Economics, Head of the European Security Department RAS Institute of Europe

Doctor of History, Professor, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Eurasian Studies, Diplomatic Academy of Russian Foreign Ministry

IE Business School in Madrid Graduate, MGIMO-University Graduate

Independent Analyst

President of the Jordan-based Political Studies of the Middle East Center, Founder of the US-based Geostrategic and Media Center

PhD, Head of Computational Genomics, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Russia’s Representative in ELIXIR Consortium

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

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)

Ph.D., Fellow of The Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies at Russian Academy of Sciences, Former editor-in-chief of Russia Direct, an analytical media outlet, RIAC Expert

Ph.D., Kant Institute Deputy Director, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

PhD in history, Department of Modern History and Socio-Political issues of Central and South Eastern European Countries, RAS Institute of Slavonic Studies

RIAC Expert

Independent journalist and researcher

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

Doctor of Economics, Ph.D. in History, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

Director of the Center for advanced studies of national security of Russia, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in Political Science, expert at the Centre for Crisis Society Studies (Centero), RIAC expert

Expert in the Foreign Policy and Security division at the Center for Strategic Research

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

Doctor of Economics, Head of Marketing and Advertising Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Honorary Member of the Guild of Marketers

Political Scientist

PhD Student, RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAN)

Deputy Head, CCEIS Asia-Pacific Department, National Research University Higher School of Economics