Experts

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

Retired Councellor RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University, RIAC Expert

President and CEO of Vegarus Group Africa Business Initiative, Eurasian Economic Cooperation organization, CEO of the International Coordination Council of Alumni (INCORVUZ) FISU Executive Committee Member

RIAC Expert

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Senior Research Associate, Institute of Demography at the Higher School of Economics

President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)

Academician, Doctor of Economic Sciences, First Deputy Director, IMEMO RAN

D.Sc. (Philosophy), professor, Head of the Chair of Political Governance, Political Science Department, St. Petersburg State University

Director of the Institute of Asia and Africa of MSU , RIAC Member

Political scientist, Chairman of the Georgian Economic Forum

PhD in History, Economic Theory Department of the MGIMO University

Professor of the Chair of Modern East Department of History, Political Science and Law, Russian State University for the Humanities, RIAC expert

Head of the Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of MGIMO-University, RIAC Member

Doctor of pedagogical Sciences, professor, member of the Russian Academy of Education, RIAC member

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Leading research worker with the Center for Global Problems at the Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University, professor of linguistic semantics at Moscow State Linguistic University

Doctor of History, Assistant Professor at St. Petersburg State University

PhD fellow at the Chair of International Law, PFUR Law School

Ph.D. in History, Research affiliate at the Ukrainian Research Institute (Harvard University) and the Center for International and European Studies, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Deputy Director, Analytical Center Observo, French-Russian Chamber of Commerce

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Independent Analyst

PhD in international relations, contributor to the German Caucasus Watch, RIAC Expert

Ambassador, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1996-1998)

PhD in Geography, Head of the laboratory, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

Head of the Scientific and Organizational Department at the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences, Doctor of Engineering, Associate Professor

Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program

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

Senior research fellow, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

Aide to the President of the Russian Federation