Experts

Retired Vice-admiral, RIAC expert

PhD in History, Arab and Islamic Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in History, Vice Rector, HSE University, RIAC Member

PhD, Professor, Senior Researcher of the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies

Independent Expert

MA, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge, RIAC expert

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

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

Associate Professor of Political Science in the Intelligence and National Security Studies program at Coastal Carolina University

Professor, Doctor of Political Sciences, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Head of the Department of Theory and History of International Relations, RUDN

Ph.D. in Political Science, Director of the Civil Diplomacy Fund, Ukraine

Co-Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former U.S. Senator, United States

Ph.D. from Duisburg University, Senior Advisor of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Ph.D. in Political Science, Research Associate at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO); Senior Lecturer at MGIMO University

Deputy Chairman, Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO

Director of International and Geo-Political Studies at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat), affiliated associate professor of economics at George Mason University, USA

Researcher, Junior Research Fellow at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Senior Lecturer at Asian and African Studies from Moscow State University, RIAC Expert

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

Corresponding Member of RAS, Doctor of Economics, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Political Science, Head of the Regional Research Department of Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences

Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

PhD of Political Science, Research Fellow at Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal

Third Secretary, RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs