Experts

Andrei Kelin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, RIAC Member

PhD in Technical Sciences, Founder, Aigents, Architect, SingularityNET

PhD in Philosophy, Adviser to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, Asia and Middle East specialist

RF state counselor, 1st class, RIAC Member

PhD in Economics, Head of the Center for Agrarian Research and Food Security, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD, Tenured Professor, Member of the HSE Academic Council, Academic Supervisor, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University

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

Senior Researcher at the ‘Russia, China, World’ Centre of the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKSA RAS), Head of the Commission for the Creation and Activities of Regional Branches, Member of the Central Board of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society (ORKD)

Lecturer and Deputy Head of the Department of Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at Baku Slavic University, Employee at the Department of International Politics and Foreign Policy, Institute for Political Science, University of Cologne

Deputy Chairman, Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO

RIAC President (2011–2026), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004), Russian Academy of Sciences Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

New Delhi based Journalist & Eurasia Analyst

Ph.D. in Political Science, Deputy Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

Tutor of business, law and social sciences at Kaplan International College, Affiliated Faculty at University College London

Doctor of History, Professor at MGIMO-University

Researcher at Energy and Security Center, Eugeny Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department of Political Science at the Higher School of Economics National Research University Campus in St. Petersburg, Assistant at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

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

Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Bilkent University (Turkey)

PhD in History, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Science

Senior Associate, Bedell Cristin, Singapore

PhD in Political Science, Independent expert

Ph.D. in Economic Sciences, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Economics and Finance, IDIP RFTA; Senior Research Fellow, Russian Center for APEC Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

President of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, RIAC member.