Experts

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

Independent Analyst

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, Associate Professor of the Department of International Business at the Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation

Postgraduate at International and European Law Department, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

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

PhD in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer at the HSE University

Expert at the Institute of the Middle East, graduate of International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy at MGIMO

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

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of Political Science and Political Management in the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Ph.D, Head of Chair, Cybernetics and Information Security Department, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Research Nuclear University)

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

Ph.D. in Political Science; Professor, Institute of International Relations at Pyatigorsk State University

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

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

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

Ph.D, Vice-Rector for HR, Associate professor at the Department of Diplomacy, MGIMO University

Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Asia and Eurasia Program at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Independent expert

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

Associate Professor of International Relations (ret.), University of Cyprus

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

Ph.D. in History, Scientific Advisor of The Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies RAS

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