Experts

Scientific director of the Lobachevsky Sate University of Nizhny Novgorod

Ph.D. (History), Head of the Department of Ethno-Political Conflict at the Institute of Europe under the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC expert

Associate Professor, Senior researcher at the Сenter for civilizational and regional studies of the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Member of the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Scientists (WSWF), RIAC Expert

PhD in Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Applied Economic Studies, Presidential Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Analyst at CNA Corporation

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

Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council

Senior Officer, International Arctic The Pew Charitable Trusts

RAS Full Member, RIAC member

Senior Fellow and Vice President at the Observer Research Foundation

PhD (Political Science), Senior Research Fellow, RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

BA in International Relations, Higher School of Economics

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union

Doctor of Political Science, Director, Head of the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America, RIAC Expert

Professor, Doctor of Economics, Head of the Economics Department at the CIS Institute, Leading Research Fellow at the RAS Institute of Economics

PhD in Economics, Head of Department of Assessment and Coordination of International and Duel Master's Degree Programs, MGIMO-University, MFA of Russia

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

Assistant Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern History, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University

Independent analyst

Deputy director and senior fellow with the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

PhD in History, Senior Researcher in the RAS Institute of African Studies