Experts

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

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

Doctor of History, Professor of the Higher School of Economics

PhD in Economics, Head of the innovative direction at the Interdepartmental Analytical Center

Rector of the Urals Federal University named after the First Russian President B.N. Yeltsyn

Doctor of History, Head of the Department of Oriental Studies of the MGIMO University, RIAC expert

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues, RIAC expert

RIAC Expert

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

Master’s Student, MGIMO University, RIAC Intern

Doctor of History, Chief Researcher at RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in Political Science, Professor, Dept. of International Relations, Seoul National University

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Director of EPPEN Institute & Instructor at Department of Eurasian Studies, Middle East Technical University, Ankara

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

PhD in History, Senior research fellow, The Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Expert

Deputy Head, Department of Political Theory, MGIMO University

Postgraduate student, IMEMO RAS, RIAC expert

Director of Inter-ethnic relations Department of Ministry of Regional Development of Russia

Independent expert

A violent end to the Libyan crisis also seems unlikely in the near term, as the forces in the country’s east will have trouble organizing an effective attack on Tripoli without the support of Russia, whose military has other things in sight

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, International Crisis Group

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor at World Politics Department, MGIMO University, RIAC expert

PhD in History, Research Fellow with the Crisis Society Study Centre

Director of the Center for Post-Soviet Studies at the MGIMO University, 2nd Class Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Doctor of History

Doctor of Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for US and Canadian Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

Independent journalist and researcher